The medical school will welcome Kenneth W. Witwer, PhD, in January as the featured speaker for Seminars in Investigative Medicine.
Dr. Witwer’s presentation is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, in TBL 2 at the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus in downtown Kalamazoo. A pizza lunch from Jets will be provided for attendees.
The event is free and MEDU and CE credit is available. For more information about CE credit, please go to https://ow.ly/CJRv50XO0hK.
If you plan to attend, please register here. Individuals who RSVP will be admitted before those without a reservation.
Dr. Witwer earned his PhD degree from the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Dr. Witwer remained at Johns Hopkins to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in microRNA biomarker research, and he joined the faculty in 2011.
Dr. Witwer currently serves as an associate professor of molecular and comparative pathobiology at Johns Hopkins. His research focuses on extracellular vesicles, RNA-mediated regulation, biomarker discovery, and therapeutic modulation of innate and intrinsic defenses.
Seminars in Investigative Medicine is a research seminar series at WMed aimed at bringing together the community of investigators both within – and outside — the medical school.