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.
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