The H.W. Magoun Lecture was instituted in 1989 as an annual lecture both to honor the BRI’s founder, Dr. Horace (Tid) Magoun, and to recognize outstanding achievements by BRI members. The lecturer is selected by a faculty committee, which evaluates nominations from the membership at large. More on H.W. Magoun and his legacy at the Brain Research Institute here.
YEAR | MAGOUN LECTURER | SPEAKER | AFFILIATIONS | Lecture Title | PHOTO |
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2023 | Thirty-Fourth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Itzhak Fried, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor-in-Residence Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "Memory Aid for the Human Brain: From Single Neurons to Neuromodulation" | ![]() |
2022 | Thirty-Third Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Carrie Bearden, Ph.D. | Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "The 22q11.2 Locus as a Window Into Disrupted Neurodevelopment ” | ![]() |
2022 | Thirty-Third Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Joshua Trachtenberg, Ph.D. | Professor Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "The Evolution and Development of Experience-Dependent Cortical Plasticity in Early Postnatal Life” | ![]() |
2021 | Thirty-Second Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Peyman Golshani, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor in Residence Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Neural Network Dynamics Driving Arousal, Attention, and Memory” | ![]() |
2021 | Thirty-Second Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Dean Buonomano, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "How Does the Brain Tell Time?" | ![]() |
2020 | Thirty-First Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Michael V. Sofroniew, M.D., Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "Essential Astrocyte Roles in Protection and Repair After CNS Injury and Disease" | ![]() |
2019 | Thirtieth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Edythe D. London, Ph.D. | Professor Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Neural Systems, Dopamine Receptors and Stimulant Use: Brain Imaging to Guide Treatment” | ![]() |
2018 | Twenty-Ninth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | David S. Eisenberg, D.Phil. | Distinguished Professor Department of Biological Chemistry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “The Amyloid State of Proteins: Reversible Functional Amyloid vs. Irreversible Pathogenic Amyloid” | ![]() |
2017 | Twenty-Eighth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Susan Bookheimer, Ph.D. | Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “The Uniquely Human Hippocampus: Evidence from Functional Imaging in Health and Disease” | ![]() |
2016 | Twenty-Seventh Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Baljit Khakh, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Neurobiology and Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "Astrocyte Roles in Neural Circuits: New Tools, Findings and Concepts" | ![]() |
2015 | Twenty-Sixth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Istvan Mody, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Neurology and Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Inhibition in the Brain: Watching the Wheels go Round and Round” | ![]() |
2014 | Twenty-Fifth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Alcino J. Silva, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles | ”The Exciting Road from Mechanisms of Learning to the Treatment of Cognitive Disorders” | ![]() |
2013 | Twenty-Fourth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D. | Vice Chair, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology; Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles | “Novel Principles of Motor Control: Shackled by Tradition, Released by Data” | ![]() |
2012 | Twenty-Third Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Daniel H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D. | Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor. Department of Human Genetics Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Advances in Autism: The Path from Genetics and Neurobiology to Therapeutic Development” | ![]() |
2011 | Twenty-Second Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D | Chair and Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry; Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Signaling Between Synapse and Nucleus During Neuronal Plasticity” | ![]() |
2010 | Twenty-First Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Ronald M. Harper, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Sleep, Breathing and the Heart” | ![]() |
2009 | Twentieth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D. | Professor Department of Psychology College of Life Sciences University of California, Los Angeles | “The Dynamic Origin of Memory Systems in the Brain: Insight from Contextual Fear Conditioning” | ![]() |
2008 | Nineteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Diane M. Papazian, Ph.D. | Professor Department of Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Kv3.3 Potassium Channels and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13” | ![]() |
2007 | Eighteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Richard W. Olsen, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor, Department of Anesthesiology; Professor Emeritus, Departments of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience University of California, Los Angeles | “GABA-A Receptors are Molecular Targets for Alcohol and General Anesthetics” | ![]() |
2006 | Seventeenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Jerome M. Siegel, Ph. D. | Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences DGSOM at UCLA | “How the Brain Coordinates Muscle Tone, Emotion and Alertness: From Magoun to Orexin” | ![]() |
2005 | Sixteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Jack L. Feldman, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor Department of Neurobiology DGSOM at UCLA | “A Lifetime of Breathing” | ![]() |
2004 | Fifteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Allan J. Tobin, Ph.D. | Professor Emeritus Departments of Physiological Science and Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Impatience and Serendipity in the Fight Against Huntington’s Disease” | ![]() |
2003 | Fourteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Arthur P. Arnold, Ph.D. | Chair and Distinguished Professor Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology College of Life Sciences UCLA | “What Makes a Brain Feminine or Masculine?” | ![]() |
2002 | Thirteenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Anthony T. Campagnoni, Ph.D. | Associate Director and Professor Emeritus Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences DGSOM at UCLA | “The Many Faces of the Myelin Basic Protein Gene: From Reverse Genetics to Cortical Development” | ![]() |
2001 | Twelfth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Debora B. Farber, Ph.D., D.Ph.hc. | Distinguished Professor Department of Ophthalmology DGSOM at UCLA | “Of Mice and Men: Molecular Studies of Retinal Degenerations” | ![]() |
2000 | Eleventh Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D. | Distinguished Professor Department of Biological Chemistry DGSOM at UCLA | “Wiring the Nervous System: A Molecular Genetic Dissection of Axon Guidance” | ![]() |
1999 | Tenth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | William M. Pardridge, M.D. | Professor Department of Medicine DGSOM at UCLA | “The Blood-Brain Barrier and Non-Invasive Drug Delivery to the Brain” | ![]() |
1997 | Ninth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Lawrence Kruger, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Neurobiology and Anesthesiology DGSOM at UCLA | “The Painful Quest of the Most Versatile Neuron or, Whither, Wither, the Wince?” | ![]() |
1996 | Eighth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Lutz Birnbaumer, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Anesthesiology and Biological Chemistry DGSOM at UCLA | “Capacitative Calcium Entry Into Cells: Molecular Basis and Properties” | ![]() |
1995 | Sixth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Ph.D. | Chair and Professor Department of Biological Chemistry UCLA | “Understanding and Treating Mucopolysaccharide Storage Disorders” | ![]() |
1995 | Seventh Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Enrico Stefani, M.D., Ph.D. | Vice Chair and Professor Department of Anesthesiology DGSOM at UCLA | “Regulation by Voltage and Auxiliary Subunits of Ion Channels” | ![]() |
1994 | Fifth Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | John C. Liebeskind, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Psychology and Anesthesiology UCLA | “Pain, Stress, and Immunity” | ![]() |
1992 | Fourth Annual H. W. Magoun Lecture | Francisco Bezanilla, Ph.D. | Professor Emeritus Department of Physiology DGSOM at UCLA | “The Nerve Impulse: Ion Channels Gated by Electric Fields” | ![]() |
1991 | Third Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture | Joaquin Fuster, M.D. | Professor Department of Psychiatry DGSOM at UCLA | “A Glimpse of the ‘Engram’: Memory in Primate Cortex” | ![]() |
1990 | Second Annual H. W. Magoun Lecture | Arnold B. Scheibel, M.D. | Professor Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Psychiatry UCLA | “On Cortical Substrates of Human Cognitive Function” | ![]() |