02/02/2026
LIVE ON ZOOM! Secret Science Club and the Lasker Foundation present Lasker Award Winner & Pioneering Biomedical Researcher Michael J. Welsh, FREE!
Join us on TUESDAY, February 3 @ 8PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM
For sign-up info, visit our website: https://secretscienceclub.blogspot.com/
Come celebrate curiosity, scientific endeavor, and transformational discoveries with Michael J. Welsh, winner of the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.
As a medical student, Welsh encountered a young girl suffering from cystic fibrosis—struggling for every breath and unlikely to survive beyond her teens. Ever since, he has worked to uncover the cellular and molecular causes of the disease and find treatments.
His research has helped transform cystic fibrosis from a terminal illness into a highly treatable condition for most patients, allowing them to breathe easier, live longer, and enjoy a better quality of life. But challenges remain. With a cure still elusive and a percentage of CF patients still not benefiting from new targeted drugs, Dr. Welsh and his colleagues continue to seek novel and better therapies for all cystic fibrosis patients.
Get the Zoom link for this special program, and come learn first-hand from this trailblazing researcher!
BEFORE & AFTER
- Mix up our libation of the night, the “Breathe Easy” (recipes will be on our website)
- Groove to our highly therapeutic playlist
- Zoom in for a chance to win cool prizes!
- Stick around for the live audience Q&A
MICHAEL J. WELSH is professor of internal medicine, molecular physiology and biophysics, neurology, and neurosurgery at the University of Iowa, as well as director of the Pappajohn Medical Institute at Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine. He served as president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and president of the Association of American Physicians, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences. For his groundbreaking research leading to life-saving treatments for cystic fibrosis, he has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes, including the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, 2025 Yergin-New International Prize for Biomedical Research, 2025 Canada Gairdner International Award, 2023 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences, and the 2022 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine.
This edition of the Secret Science Club, the 2026 Lasker Public Lecture in honor of Al Sommer, is sponsored by the Lasker Foundation. The Foundation works to foster the prevention and treatment of disease and disabilities by honoring excellence in basic and clinical science, educating the public, and advocating for support of medical research.
This is a FREE event!
A science lecture, arts, and performance series, based at the Bell House in Brooklyn (and now online!)
