Carole Mendelson Distinguished Visiting Professorship

2025–2026 Professorship

For the 2025-2026 academic year, the Carole Mendelson, Ph.D., Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Honoring Women in Science and Medicine will feature Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale School of Medicine. 

She will give the lecture on April 2, 2026 from 12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m. in the D1.600 Lecture Hall, South Campus.

About Carole Mendelson Distinguished Visiting Professorship

Each year, the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee (WISMAC) selects and hosts an outstanding female scientist/physician to visit UT Southwestern Medical Center for a two-day professorship. The Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine was established by the Southwestern Medical Foundation in honor of the late wife of Texas Instruments’ founder Cecil H. Green, who died in 2003. Mrs. Ida M. Green, who died in 1986, championed the cause of opening new career paths for women in science and provided a major bequest to Southwestern Medical Foundation. In 2023, WISMAC lost one of its founding members and Co-chair, Dr. Carole Mendelson. Dr. Mendelson was a Professor of Biochemistry and Obstetrics and Gynecology and a passionate advocate for the advancement of women in science. To honor her legacy, the Visiting Professorship was renamed the Carole Mendelson, Ph.D., Distinguished Visiting Professorship.

The Visiting Professorship promotes the accomplishments of women in science and medicine and provides inspiration to UT Southwestern's junior faculty and trainees. Our visiting professor meets with individuals and diverse groups on campus and presents a University Lecture.