Healing: The Art And Science Of Medicine Alma Thomas Theater Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas February 6-7, 2014 Victoria Sweet, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Mauro Ferrari, President and CEO of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Kevin Davies, Vice President of Business Development for the American Chemical Society Anne West, undergraduate student at Wellesley College Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute Jonathan Skinner, James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College Patricia Olynyk, Artist. Director of the Graduate School of Art and the Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art, Washington University in St. Louis.

The Brown Symposium at Southwestern University The Brown Symposium is presented by Southwestern University on an annual basis. Open to the public without charge, the symposium is funded through an endowment established by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, Texas, for professorships at the University. The symposia are designed to enhance the effectiveness of the work for which the endowed professorships were established. Each symposium presents topics in one of the broad areas of study represented by the chairholder. "Healing: The Art And Science Of Medicine" was developed by Ben Pierce, Professor of Biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair. Lecture events are held in the Alma Thomas Theater, located in the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center.