Leading Voices in Public Health
Since 2007, the College has hosted the Leading Voices in Public Health lecture series, a premier series of lectures that brings internationally respected thought leaders to the community to speak on issues of key importance to the publics welfare. The topics are purposely diverse, reflecting the broad interests and impact of public health.
Leading Voices in Public Health Lecture Series: Ten Years and Counting
2023-2024 Lectures
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Eric Dahl, PhD
Associate Professor, National Security Affairs Department
Naval Postgraduate School
Using the Intelligence Community to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Date: September 14, 2023
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2022-2023 Lectures
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David Harker, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy and Humanities
East Tennessee State University
What to do About Misinformation?
Sixth Annual Justice, Health, and Humanities Lecture
Date: February 23, 2023
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James E.K. Hildreth, PhD, MD
President and CEO, Meharry Medical College
An Immunological Paradox Explained: HIV as Trojan Exosome
Second Annual Health, Equity and Inclusion Lecture
Date: October 13, 2022
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Authors of Appalachian Health
ETSU Faculty Members Ron Roach, Kate Beatty, Melissa White, Michael Meit, Angela Hagaman, Bill Brooks, Stephanie Mathis, Robert Pack, Randy Wykoff
Understanding Health in Appalachia: Meet the Authors of Appalachian Health
Date: September 13, 2022
2021-2022 Lectures
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Sam Quinones
Los Angeles-based Freelance Journalist
Author, The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and MethAmerica and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth: One Reporter’s Stories
Date: February 22, 2022
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Dasho Karma Ura
President of the Centre for Bhutan StudiesDate: November 4, 2021
2020-2021 Lectures
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Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP
Founder and Director, Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health InitiativeDr. Mona Hanna-Attisha in Conversation with Drs. Randy Wykoff and Amy Johnson
Date: April 20, 2021
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Cara James, PhD
President and CEO @Grantmakers in Health (GIH)Health, Equity, and Inclusion Lecture
Understanding Health Disparities and What it Takes to Achieve Health Equity
Date: March 23, 2021
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Michelle Fiscus, Jonathan Moorman, and David Kirschke
Michelle Fiscus, MD, FAAP - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program, Tennessee Department of Health
Jonathan Moorman, MD, PhD, FACP- Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine
David Kirschke, MD - Medical Director at Northeast Regional Health Office, Tennessee Department of HealthCoronavirus: Separating Fact from Fiction Part II: COVID-19 Vaccines
Date: February 23, 2021
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Randy Wykoff, Jonathan Moorman, and David Kirschke
Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH & TM - Dean of ETSU College of Public Health
Jonathan Moorman, MD, PhD, FACP - Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine
David Kirschke, MD - Medical Director at Northeast Regional Health Office, Tennessee Department of HealthCoronavirus: Separating Fact from Fiction
Date: October 27, 2020
2019-2020 Lectures
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Mandy Harvey
Singer/Songwriter
The 9th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
Date: February 11, 2020
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Crystal Chissell
VP of Operations and Engagement, PROJECT DRAWDOWNClimate Solutions as Health Solutions
Date: October 22, 2019
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Christopher Reddy, PhD
Senior Scientist, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionCommunicating Science Outside the Ivory Tower: Oil Spills, Fishermen, and Who Knows What
Date: September 19, 2019
2018-2019 Lectures
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Daniel Martinez Garcia, MD, MPH
Pediatric Medical Advisor, Telemedicine Coordinator
Doctors Without BordersFounder of Everywhereschools.orgThe 5th Justice, Health and Humanities Lecture
Humanitarian Paediatrics: Children in War & Disasters
Date: March 25, 2019
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The 5 Browns
The 8th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
The 5Browns: Digging Through the Darkness
Date: February 4, 2019
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Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, FACEP(E), FNAPA, Hon FRSPH, Hon FFPH
Executive Director, American Public Health AssociationCreating the Healthiest Nation: Building Healthy & Resilient Communities
Date: October 30, 2018
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Beth Macy
Author, DOPESICK: Dealers, Doctors, and The Drug Company That Addicted AmericaDate: September 18, 2018
2017-2018 Lectures
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Judith Groner, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Program Director of the Academic General Pediatrics Program, Nationwide Children's HospitalE-Cigarettes and Other Newer Nicotine Delivery Products: What We Know Now
Date: April 17, 2018
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Regina Holliday
Activist and Artist
The Walking Gallery7th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
"The Walking Gallery"
Date: February 15, 2018
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Thomas Shapiro, PhD
Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy
Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy,The Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis UniversityThe 4th Justice, Health, and Humanities Lecture
Toxic: Economic Inequality Meets Racial Injustice
Date: October 10, 2017
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David Blackley, James Crum, and Scott Laney
David Blackley, DrPH, Epidemiologist, NIOSH-CDC
James Crum, DO, Radiologist, Private Practice
Scott Laney, PhD, Epidemiologist, NIOSH-CDCResurgence of Black Lung Diseases in Appalachian Coal Miners
Date: September 26, 2017
2016-2017 Lectures
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Robert Califf, MD
31st Lamb Lecture
Former Commissioner, US Food and Drug AdministrationImproving Health in Rural Southeast: A Worthy Challenge
Date: April 6, 2017
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Michael Milligan, Performer
The Sixth Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
Mercy Killers with Michael Milligan
Date: February 21, 2017
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David Purkey, MPH
Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security, Tennessee Department of Health
Behind the Scenes with the Governor: The 2015 Chattanooga Terrorist Attack
Date: January 31, 2017
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Allen Dyer, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of MedicineIt's Not Over When It's Over: The Health Impact of War and Political Conflict
Date: November 10, 2016
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Elynn Walter, MPH
International Advocacy Expert Lead, US Partnerships, IRD
Everyone in the World Has a Right to Water But How Do We Reach Everyone?
Date: October 6, 2016
2015-2016 Lectures
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Norman Daniels, Ph.D.
Mary B. Saltonstall Professor and Professor of Ethics and Population Health
Harvard School of Public HealthThe 3rd Justice, Health and Humanities Lecture
Is There a Global Right to Health with Better Global Governance?
Date: March 17, 2016
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Drew Lynch
Comedian Runner-Up, Season 10, America's Got Talent
The 5th Evening of Health, Wellness and the Arts
Date: February 16, 2016
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Michael McGinnis, MD, MA, MPP
Senior Scholar and Executive Officer, National Academy of Medicine
A Conversation on Measuring What Matters Most
Date: February 4, 2016
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Tom Farley, MD, MPH, CEO
The Public Good Projects
Former Commissioner of Health for New York CityPublic Health in Mega-Cities: Lessons from New York City
Date: November 10, 2015
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Randall Hyer, MD, PhD, MPH
Senior Fellow for Environmental Health Safety
Deputy Director and Co-Founder, Center for Risk CommunicationBreaking Bad News: Disaster Communication and the Social Net
Date: October 27, 2015
2014-2015 Lectures
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Robin Spielberg
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Pianist, Composer, and Recording Artist
The 4th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
Date: March 5, 2015
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Madison Powers, D.Phil., JD, M.A.
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Professor, Philosophy Department, Georgetown UniversityThe 2nd Justice, Health and Humanities Lecture
Feeding the World in 2050: Food, Fairness, and Global Markets
Date: February 12, 2015
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Jim O'Hara, M.A.
Director of Health Promotion Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Federalism in Nutrition Policy: Making State and National Policies Work Together
Date: October 23, 2014
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Jonathan Wolff, MPhil
Dean of Arts and Humanities, Professor of Philosophy,
University College LondonThe 1st Justice, Health, and the Humanities Lecture
What's Wrong with Health Inequality and What Can Be Done About It?
Date: March 27, 2014
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John Hoffman
Founder and CEO of The Public Good Projects
The 3rd Evening of Health, Wellness and the Arts
Date: October 24, 2013
2012-2013 Lectures
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Commissioner John Dreyzehner
Tennessee Department of Health
Date: April 25, 2013
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Dr. Reed V. Tuckson
Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections;
Former Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group30th Lamb Lecture
Date: April 11, 2013
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Dr. Roberta B. Ness
Dean, School of Public Health,
M. David Low Chair in Public Health, University of Texas School of Public HealthReimagining Innovation: Caution's Erosion of the Modern Research University
Date: March 28, 2013
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Dr. Robert S. Lawrence
Founding Director, The Center for a Livable Future
Professor in Environmental Health Sciences, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthRethinking Water: The High Meat American Diet is Draining Our Aquifers
Date: February 21, 2013
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Dr. Ian Lapp
Associate Dean for Strategic Educational Initiatives, Harvard School of Public Health
Disruptive Innovation in Public Health Education: Should We Be Spooked by MOOCs?
Date: November 8, 2012
2011-2012 Lectures
Panel of Experts on Food
Date: April 5, 2012
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Current and Former Tennessee Commissioner(s) of Health
Date: March 8, 2012
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Julio Frenk
Dean, Harvard School of Public Health
Health Professionals for the 21st Century: Transforming Education for an Interdependent World
Date: February 7, 2012
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Kevin Spencer
Founder, Healing of Magic
2nd Annual Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
Part 1 - Freeman Owle, Cherokee Elder, Historian, and Storyteller
Part 2 - Kevin Spencer and the "Healing of Magic"Date: January 26, 2012
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Stan Brock
Founder, Remote Area Medical
29th Lamb Lecture
Wapishana to Wise: Lessons Learned from 500,000 Patients
Date: November 17, 2011
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Paul Brooks
Executive Director, Project HOPE United Kingdom"
The End of Disempowerment and Dependency: Rethinking the Path for AIDS Orphans in Africa
Date: October 6, 2011
2010-2011 Lectures
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Greg Diette, M.D., MHS
Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Research, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pfizer Visiting Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineThe Mouse, the House, and the Hamburger: Making Sense of the Asthma Epidemic"
Date: March 3, 2011
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Ambassador Eric Goosby
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
A Global Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS
Date: February 17, 2011
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An Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts
Part 1: Dispatches from the Other Kingdom: The Cancer Journey
An Oral History Theatre Piece Conceived and Directed by Dr. Joseph Sobol with members of ETSU storytelling program
Part 2: My Brain Tumor: A Mind Expanding Comedy
Written and Performed by California-based actor David Nathan Schwartz
Date: January 27, 2011-
Carlos Castillo-Chavez PhD
Regents Professor Arizona State University
Public Health Policy and National Security: Life in the times of Emergent and Re-Emergent Diseases
Date: November 16, 2010
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Scott Wallace, J.D., MBA
Visiting Professor, Darden School of Business University of Virginia
Improving Value in Health Care: Capabilities, Chronic Health, and Health Strategy
Date: October 2010
2009-2010 Lectures
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William Kenneth "Big Kenny" Alphin
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Social activist, philanthropist, and part of the Grammy-nominated Country duo Big & RichPersonal Responsibility and Social Action: Sudan, Haiti and Appalachia
Date: March 18, 2010
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Wanda K. Jones, DrPH
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Womens Health) and Director of the HHS Office on Womens HealthA Gendered Approach to Health: The Separate but Intermingled Challenges of Men and Women
Date: February 4, 2010
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Linda M. Distlerath, PhD, JD
Senior Vice President, APCO Worldwide Global Executive Director, The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation Former Vice President of Global Health Policy, Merck & Co., Inc "
The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation: A New Look at HIV Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
Date: November 30, 2009
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Rear Admiral David Rutstein, MD
Assistant U. S. Surgeon General, Director of the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment
Hurricanes, Hot Zones, and H1N1: Are We Prepared for Them All?
Date: October 6, 2009
2008-2009 Lectures
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David A. Kessler, MD, J.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
Former Dean, School of Medicine, and Vice Chancellor of Medical Affairs, Yale School of Medicine
Former Commissioner, United States Food and Drug AdministrationThe End of Overeating: Controlling America's Insatiable Appetite
Part 1 Part 2
Date: April 16, 2009-
The Honorable Al Gore, Jr
45th Vice President of the United States
2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Chairman, Generation Investment Management Chairman, Current TV
Author of An Inconvenient Truth and Earth in the Balance28th Lamb Lecture
Health Threats and the Climate Crisis
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Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
Director of the RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities
Disparities and Health: What is the Problem and What Can We Do?
Date: March 5, 2009
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Michael A Friedman, MD
President and CEO, City of Hope
Thinking About the Unthinkable: Planning for a Nuclear Event
Date: February 19, 2009
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Dr. David R. Williams
Director, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier AmericaA Special Lecture and Community Meeting: "Building a Healthier America"
Part One | Part TwoDate: January 20, 2009
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James W. Curran, MD, M.P.H
Dean and Professor of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health - Emory UniversityLessons from the Early Years of the AIDS Epidemic
Date: December 4, 2008
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Gail Wilensky, PH.D.
Senior Fellow, Project HOPE
Commissioner, World Health Organization on the Social Determination of HealthWhat the Election Will Mean for Healthcare Reform?
Date: November 20, 2008
2007-2008 Lectures
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The Honorable David Satcher, MD, Ph.D.
The 16th Surgeon General
27th Lamb Lecture
Major Challenges Facing the Health System in the United States - A Surgeon General's PerspectiveDate: April 10, 2008
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William J. Martin II, MD
Associate Director of Translational Biomedicine - National Institute of Health
The Impact of Indoor Air on Human Health in the Developing World
Date: February 20, 2008
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Harrison Spencer, MD, M.P.H., DTM&H
President & CEO of the Association of School of Public Health
Schools of Public Health: A Growth Industry with New Paradigms
(link to student interview)January 24, 2008
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Linda Distlerath, Ph.D., J.D.
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Senior Vice President APCO Worldwide
Former Vice President for Global Health Policy, Merck & Co., IncIn Recognition of World AIDS Day
Date: December 4, 2007
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Susan R. Cooper, M.S.N., R.N.
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of HealthA View From The Commissioner's Chair
(link to student interview)Date: November 15, 2007
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The Honorable William H. Frist, MD
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
26th Lamb Lecture
Health Diplomacy: Using Medicine as a Currency for Peace
(link to student interview)Date: October 18, 2007
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Nathan Stinson, Ph.D., MD, M.P.H.
President, Center for Multicultural Health Pfizer
Visiting Professor in Health Literacy and Clear Health CommunicationHealth Literacy: What You Don't Know Will Hurt You
(link to student interview)Date: September 20, 2007
2006-2007 Lectures
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Richard H. Carmona, MD, M.P.H., FACS
17th Surgeon General of The United StatesPrevention, Plagues, Preparedness and Politics: The Life of the Surgeon General
Date: March 19, 2007
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Renslow Sherer, MD
Director, HIV/TB.STI Project HOPEAn Overview of Global AIDS Pandemic: Effective Interventions in China and Sub-Saharan Africa
Date: February 15, 2007