Past Lectures
Past Lectures
Explore our archive of previous lectures featuring leading epidemiologists who have shared their expertise on diverse research topics and methodological approaches.
2026
Consequential Communications in Public Health: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Nancy Messonnier, MD
2025
Three Score & Ten: Why Medicine Gets Race Wrong, the Harm It Causes, and How to Fix It
Speaker: Joseph L. Graves, PhD
Unveiling Bias: A Statistician's Quest for Data Equity in Health Research
Speaker: Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD
Control of Respiratory Infections: The legacy of Thomas Francis Jr.
Speaker: Arnold S. Monto, MD
2024
Firearm Injury in the United States: Facts, Myths and a Path Foward
Speaker: Rebecca Cunningham, MD
Quantitative Skepticism for Drawing Credible Causal Conclusions in Epidemiology
Speaker: Onyebuchi A. Arah, MD, PhD, MPH
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Malaria Parasites
Speaker: Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, MD, PhD
2023
Some New Causal Inference Methods in Epidemiology: On Bespoke IVs and Proxies
Speaker: Eric J. Tchetgen
2022
Beyond Magic Bullets: White Race as a Social Determinant of Opiod Crisis
Speaker: Helena Hansen, MD, PHD
Maladjusted Epidemiology and Iatrogenic Health Disparities
Speaker: Jay Kaufman, PhD
2021
When Germs Travel: Coronavirus and the Long History of Contagious Crises
Speaker: Howard Markel, MD, PhD
2020
Hot Topics in Obesity Epidemiology
Speaker: Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD
Triangulating Evidence from Different Methods to Improve Causal Understanding
Speaker: Deborah A. Lawlor, PhD, MSc, MPH, MBChB
2019
Why Study Inequalities in Health? A 40-Year Journey from Brazil to the World
Speaker: Cesar G Victora, MD, PhD
Schizophrenia in Sociocultural Context: Global and Local Variation in Incidence
Speaker: Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH
Neglected Tropical Diseases and the Antipoverty Vaccines
Speaker: Peter J Hotez, MD, PhD
Human Fecundity and Health Across the Lifespan: Epidemiologic Discoveries and Future Promise
Speaker: Germaine M. Buck Louis, PhD, MS
2018
Marijuana: Creating the New Tobacco Industry
Speaker: Stanton A Glantz, PhD
Epidemics and Pandemics, the Alpha and Omega, First Mile and Last Mile
Speaker: Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH
2017
Diet and Health on the Path to Insight
Speaker: Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH
Field Epidemiology: A Legacy of Philip S. Brachman, MD
Speaker: Richard A. Goodman, MD
Evidenced-Based Medicine: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Gordon Guyatt, BSc, MD, MSc
2016
Using the Case-Crossover Design to Study the Molecular Epidemiology and Triggers of Acute Perinatal Outcomes
Speaker: Michelle Williams, ScD
A Unification of Mediation and Interaction: A Four Way Decomposition
Speaker: Tyler J. VanderWeele, PhD
2015
How Epidemiology has Improved Population Health and Continues to do so
Speaker: Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS
The Burden of Chronic Disease in the 21st Century
Speaker: Evans Panel Discussion Event
2014
What Causes Cardiovascular Disease-and How Do We Decide?
Speaker: Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, PhD, MPH
Frequentist/Bayes Controversies, Homeopathy and (E.S.)P-Values
Speaker: Roderick J. Little, PhD
Will Equity be Achieved Through HealthCare Reform?
Speaker: John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP
2013
A Current Perspective of Cancer Deaths in the United States Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors
Speaker: David Schottenfeld, MD, MS
Facing the Global Epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes: Reasons for Hope but Need for Action
Speaker: William H. Herman, MD
Public Health and the Media: Teaching Opportunities for Better Health
Speaker: William Schaffner, MD
2012
Colorectal Cancer: New insights into primary prevention
Speaker: Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD
The History of Contagion: is contagion catching up with you?
Speaker: David Morens, MD
The Death of Statistical Significance Testing
Speaker: Kenneth J. Rothman, DrPH
2011
Weight and Mortality: The Population Perspective and Issues of Interpretation
Speaker: Katherine M. Fiegal, PhD
The Origins of American Epidemiology
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
A Multi-Faceted Programs for Prevention of Cancers
Speaker: Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD
Disease Eradication
Speaker: Donald Hopkins, MD, MPH
2010
Macro Social and Economic Production of Population Health in a Global Context
Speaker: Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
The Future of Cancer Epidemiology
Speaker: Stephen B. Gruber, MD, PhD
Molecules, Microbes and Epidemiology
Speaker: Betsy Foxman, PhD
Epidemiology and the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
2009
Not to Be Forgotten: Alice Hamilton, Pioneer Occupational Epidemiologist
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
2008
Evidenced-Based Public Health at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Stephen Thacker, MD
AIDS in San Francisco: A Unique Epidemic!
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Studying Air Pollution Effects: A Historical Perspective
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Whither Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Speaker: Leslie Stayner
2007
Do we Know Enough to Improve Population Health?
Speaker: George Kaplan, PhD
When Germs Travel: Epidemics and Anxiety in American Society
Speaker: Howard Merkel, MD, PhD
Emerging Infections: How Can They Continue to Occur?
Speaker: Philip Brachman, MD
2005
Advances in Cancer Epidemiology that Impact Preventive Interventions
Speaker: David Schottenfeld, MD, MS
History Series Lecture
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Misunderstanding Epidemiology in the Language of Laboratory Science
Speaker: Allen Wilcox, MD, PhD
Rebel or Reactionary? John Snow's Clashes with Public Health Reformers
Speaker: Nigel Paneth, MD. MPH
2004
Disease Causation in Epidemiology: What Can we Learn from the Study of Evolution?
Speaker: Robert B. Wallace, MD, MSc
The Epidemiological Basis of the American Public Health Movement: Three Documents that Made a difference
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon: Forgotten Biomedical Scientist, Pioneer Epidemiologist, and Advocate for Women's and Children's Health
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Moving Towards a New Century of Health in the Americas
Speaker: Mirta Roses Periago, MD
SARS: What does that Mean for Us
Speaker: Jan E. Peterson, MD
2003
Pharmacoepidemiology: A Perspective on the Past, Present and Future
Speaker: Brian Strom, MD, PhD
Remembering Abe: Observations on the Career and Accomplishments of Abraham M. Lilienfeld
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Not to be Forgotten: Alice Hamilton, Pioneer Occupational Health Epidemiologist Humanist, and Advocate
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Disease Eradication as a Public Health Strategy
Speaker: Walter Dowdle, PhD
Global Public Health: More Than Rhetoric
Speaker: Mark Wilson, ScM, ScD
Epidemiologic Foundation for Cancer Prevention Practices
Speaker: David Schottenfeld, MD, MS
2002
The Second Miracle of Public Health: Past and Future
Speaker: Philip Cole, MD
A Short History of Biological and Chemical Warfare: An Epidemiologic View
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
The Calamity of the Radium Dial Painters and Related Issues
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Combining Molecular Biology with Infectious Diseases
Speaker: Betsy Foxman, PhD
2001
Measurement and Methods in Epidemiologic Analysis
Speaker: Steve Selvin, PhD
Epidemiology and the Love Canal Fiasco
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Epidemiology and the 19th Century Sanitary Movement
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Challenges for Global Public Health
Speaker: George A.O. Alleyne, MD
Genetics and Public Health
Speaker: Neil A. Holtzman, MD, PhD
2000
Who Goes First? The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine
Speaker: Larry Altman, AB, MD
Pioneering Epidemiological Studies of Medical Care
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Experimental Epidemiology
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Global Development and Social Justice: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Barry Levy, MD, MPH
Biomedical Research and Public Health: What is the Connection?
Speaker: Nigel Paneth, MD. MPH
1999
Walking the Path to a Successful NIH Grant: Tools in Your Backpack
Speaker: MaryFran Sowers, PhD
Epidemiology of Breast Cancer: A Strategy for Prevention
Speaker: Graham A. Colditz, MD, Dr. PH
Politics and the Epidemic: Plague in San Francisco (1901)
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Statistics and Epidemiology
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
The Interface of Epidemiology and History
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
The Maturation of Infection Control in Health Care Epidemiology
Speaker: Walter J. Hierholzer, Jr., MD
1998
Strategies for Chemoprevention of Cancers: Justifying, Conducting, and Interpreting Cancer Prevention Trials
Speaker: Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD
A Michigan Population Laboratory-The Tecumseh Studies
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
The Development of American Epidemiology in Hygienic Laboratory of the US Public Health Service
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Not Just a Country Director: Edward Jenner, Scientist
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Revisiting the Epidemiological Paradigm: Comments on the Variability of the AIDS Epidemic(s)
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Disasters are Epidemics Too
Speaker: Thomas Sinks, PhD
1997
Is there a Cancer Epidemic in the United States?
Speaker: Virginia L. Ernster, PhD
Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon: Pioneer Epidemiologist and Protagonist for Women's and Children's Health
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
A New Perspective on John Snow's Communicable Disease Theory
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Not Just a Country Doctor: Edward Jenner Scientist and Progenitor of Smallpox
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
Landmarks in the History of American Epidemiology: From Austin to Flint (1843)
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
1996
Increasing the Sensitivity of Epidemiological Studies
Speaker: Noel S. Weiss, MD, DrPH
The Epstein-Barr Virus and Cancer: A Challenge for Molecular Epidemiology
Speaker: Nancy E. Miller, ScD
Models and Paradigms of Disease in Twentieth Century Epidemiology
Speaker: Elizabeth Fee, PhD
Aids and a Metaphor
Speaker: Elizabeth Fee, PhD
1995
Nutrition and Cancer Prevention: Scientific Rationale or Wishful Thinking?
Speaker: Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH
Public Health Surveillance: Past, Present, and Future
Speaker: Philip Brachman, MD
1994
Epidemiology of Breast Cancer: Current Knowledge and Future Directions
Speaker: Jennifer L. Kelsey, PhD
1993
Estrogen Deficiency and Heart Disease in Women: Cause or Coincidence?
Speaker: Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
1992
Brachman Lecture
Speaker: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. MD, MPH
1991
Assesment of Revascularization Treatment Strategies for Coronary Artery Disease
Speaker: Katherine M. Detre, MD, DrPH
1990
The Future of Public Health and Epidemiology
Speaker: Hugh Tilson, MPH, MD, DrPH
1989
Epidemiology and the Law; Major Facets of Their Interaction
Speaker: Philip Cole, MD