Speaker Series

The College of Public Health is committed to assuring that a wide range of perspectives are available to faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends.  To this end, several lectures series have been implemented:

• 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.  Several lectures each year are focused on specific topics:
  • The Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts Lecture is co-sponsored with the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts and the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine;
  • The Justice, Health, and Humanities Lecture is co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy and the Humanities;
  • The Lamb Lecture is named in honor of John P. Lamb, Jr. the first Dean of the School of Health and the College of Public and Allied Health.  

• The College periodically sponsors speakers as a part of its "Special Lecture" series--focusing on very timely topics, often related to evolving issues of significant public health importance.

• The Breakfast with the Expert lecture series is a monthly professional development program designed to offer a career development and professional networking opportunity for students, with a focus on preparing them for a rapidly changing job market.

• The College of Public Health Grand Rounds is a regular program that focuses on research advances in the college or among our colleagues It is designed to inform faculty and students and to facilitate research collaborations.

• Leading Voices in Public Health

  2019-2020 Lectures
  	Mandy Harvey Singer/Songwriter The 9th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts Date: February 11, 2020 Press Release
  	Crystal Chissell VP of Operations and Engagement, PROJECT DRAWDOWN "Climate Solutions as Health Solutions" Date: October 22, 2019 Video Presentation
  	Christopher Reddy, PhD Senior Scientist, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution "Communicating Science Outside the Ivory Tower: Oil Spills, Fishermen, and Who Knows What" Date: September 19, 2019 Video Presentation

  2018-2019 Lectures
  	Daniel Martinez Garcia, MD, MPH Pediatric Medical Advisor, Telemedicine Coordinator Doctors Without Borders Founder of Everywhereschools.org  The 5th Justice, Health and Humanities Lecture Date: March 25, 2019 Video Presentation
  	The 5 Browns The 5Browns: Digging Through the Darkness The 8th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts Date: February 4, 2019 Trailer
  	Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP, FACEP(E), FNAPA, Hon FRSPH, Hon FFPH Executive Director, American Public Health Association “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Building Healthy & Resilient Communities”  Date: October 30, 2018 Video Presentation
  	Beth Macy Author, DOPESICK:  Dealers, Doctors, and The Drug Company That Addicted America Lecture and Book Signing Date: September 18, 2018 Video Presentation

  2017-2018 Lectures
  	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 Hospital Title: E-Cigarettes and Other Newer Nicotine Delivery Products: What We Know Now Date: April 17, 2018 Video Presentation American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Julius B. Richmond Center Visiting Lectureship-The AAP Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence Visiting Lectureship program is funded by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute.
  	Regina Holliday Activist and Artist The Walking Gallery 7th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts Title: The Walking Gallery Date: February 15, 2018
  	Thomas Shapiro, PhD Director, Institute on Assets and Social Policy Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy The Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University The 4th Justice, Health, and Humanities Lecture Title: Toxic: Economic Inequality Meets Racial Injustice Date: October 10, 2017 Video Presentation
  	David Blackley, DrPH  Epidemiologist, NIOSH-CDC James Crum, DO Radiologist, Private Practice Scott Laney, PhD Epidemiologist, NIOSH-CDC Title: Resurgence of Black Lung Diseases in Appalachian Coal Miners Date: September 26, 2017 Video Presentation

  2016-2017 Lectures
  	Robert Califf, MD Former Commissioner  US Food and Drug Administration 31st Lamb Lecture Title: Improving Health in Rural Southeast: A Worthy Challenge Date: April 6, 2017 Video Presentation
  	Michael Milligan Performer The Sixth Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts Title: Mercy Killers with Michael Milligan Date: February 21, 2017 Press Release
  	David Purkey, MPH Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security  Tennessee Department of Health Title: Behind the Scenes with the Governor: The 2015 Chattanooga Terrorist Attack Date: January 31, 2017 Video Presentation | Photos
  	Allen Dyer, MD, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences George Washington University School of Medicine Title: It's Not Over When It's Over: The Health Impact of War and Political Conflict Date: November 10, 2016 Video Presentation
  	Elynn Walter, MPH International Advocacy Expert Lead, US Partnerships, IRD Title: Everyone in the World Has a Right to Water But How Do We Reach Everyone? Date: October 6, 2016 Video Presentation

  2015-2016 Lectures
  	Norman Daniels, Ph.D. Mary B. Saltonstall Professor and Professor of Ethics and Population Health Harvard School of Public Health  The 3rd Justice, Health and Humanities Lecture Title: Is There a Global Right to Health with Better Global Governance? Date: March 17, 2016 Video Presentation
  	Drew Lynch Comedian Runner-Up, Season 10, America's Got Talent The 5th Evening of Health, Wellness and the Arts Date: February 16, 2016 Press Release
  	Michael McGinnis, MD, MA, MPP Senior Scholar and Executive Officer National Academy of Medicine Title: A Conversation on Measuring What Matters Most Date: February 4, 2016 Video Presentation
  	Tom Farley, MD, MPH CEO, The Public Good Projects Former Commissioner of Health of Health for New York City Title: Public Health in Mega-Cities: Lessons from New York City Date: November 10, 2015 Video Presentation
  	Randall Hyer, MD, PhD, MPH Senior Fellow for Environmental HealthSafety  Deputy Director and Co-Founder, Center for Risk Communication Title: Breaking Bad News: Disaster Communication and the Social Net Date: October 27, 2015

  2014-2015 Lectures
  	Robin Spielberg  Pianist, Composer, and Recording Artist The 4th Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts Title: The Transformative Power of Music: The Medical Benefits of Music An Enchanting Evening of Piano and Tales from the Bench with Robin Spielberg Date: March 5, 2015 Press Release | Video Presentation
  	Madison Powers, D.Phil., JD, M.A. Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Professor, Philosophy Department, Georgetown University  The 2nd Justice, Health and Humanities Lecture Title: Feeding the World in 2050: Food, Fairness, and Global Markets Date: February 12, 2015 Video Presentation
  	Jim O'Hara, M.A. Director of Health Promotion Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest Title: Federalism in Nutrition Policy: Making State and National Policies Work Together Date: October 23, 2014 Video Presentation

  2013-2014 Lectures
  	Jonathan Wolff, MPhil Dean of Arts and Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, University College London The 1st Justice, Health, and the Humanities Lecture Title: What's Wrong with Health Inequality and What Can Be Done About It? Date: March 27, 2014 Video Presentation
  	John Hoffman Founder and CEO of The Public Good Projects The 3rd Evening of Health, Wellness and the Arts Title: Complex Emotions/Complex Science: 25 Years of Lessons from Communicating AIDS, Addiction, Alzheimer's and Obesity to the American People Date: October 24, 2013 Video Presentation

  2012-2013 Lectures
  	Commissioner John Dreyzehner Tennessee Department of Health Title:  View from the Epicenter of an Evolving Public Health Crisis:  Lessons Learned from the Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Date:  April 25, 2013 Video Presentation
  	Dr. Reed V. Tuckson Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections; Former Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group 30th Lamb Lecture Title:  The Imperative for the Integration of Population Health Promotion/Disease Prevention and Clinical Care Delivery Date: April 11, 2013 Video Presentation
  	Dr. Roberta B. Ness Dean, School of Public Health, M. David Low Chair in Public Health, University of Texas School of Public Health Title: Reimagining Innovation:  Caution's Erosion of the Modern Research University Date:  March 28, 2013 Video Presentation
  	Dr. Robert S. Lawrence Founding Director, The Center for a Livable Future; Professor in Environmental Health Sciences, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Title:  Rethinking Water: The High Meat American Diet is Draining Our Aquifers Date:  February 21, 2013 Video Presentation
  	Dr. Ian Lapp Associate Dean for Strategic Educational Initiatives, Harvard School of Public Health Title: Disruptive Innovation in Public Health Education: Should We Be Spooked by MOOCs? Date: November 8, 2012 Video Presentation

  2011-2012 Lectures
  	Panel of Experts on Food Title: Rethinking Food  Date: April 5, 2012  Video Presentation
  	Current and Former Tennessee Commissioner(s) of Health Title: Commissioners' Roundtable Date: March 8, 2012 Video Presentation
  	Julio Frenk  Dean, Harvard School of Public Health Title: Health Professionals for the 21st Century: Transforming Education for an Interdependent World  Date: February 7, 2012  Video Presentation
  	Kevin Spencer  Founder, Healing of Magic Title: 2nd Annual Evening of Health, Wellness, and the Arts  Date: January 26, 2012  Part 1 - Freeman Owle, Cherokee Elder, Historian, and Storyteller  Part 2 - Kevin Spencer and the "Healing of Magic"
  	Stan Brock  Founder, Remote Area Medical 29th Lamb Lecture Title: Wapishana to Wise: Lessons Learned from 500,000 Patients, 28th Lamb Lecture - 2011  Date: November 17, 2011  Video Presentation
  	Paul Brooks  Executive Director, Project HOPE United Kingdom Title: The End of Disempowerment and Dependency: Rethinking the Path for AIDS Orphans in Africa.  Date: October 6, 2011  Video Presentation

  2010-2011 Lectures
  	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 Medicine  Title: The Mouse, the House, and the Hamburger: Making Sense of the Asthma Epidemic  Date: March 3, 2011  Video Link
  	Ambassador Eric Goosby  U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator,  U.S. Department of State  Title: A Global Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS  Date: February 17, 2011  Video Link
  	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 Ph.D.  Regents Professor  Arizona State University Title: Public Health Policy and National Security: Life in the times of Emergent and Re-Emergent Diseases  Date: November 16, 2010  Video Link
  	Scott Wallace, J.D., MBA  Visiting Professor, Darden School of Business  University of Virginia  Title: Improving Value in Health Care: Capabilities, Chronic Health, and Health Strategy  Date: October 5, 2010  Video Link

  2009-2010 Lectures
  	William Kenneth Big Kenny Alphin  Social activist, philanthropist, and part of the Grammy-nominated Country duo Big & Rich.  Title:Personal Responsibility and Social Action: Sudan, Haiti and Appalachia  Date: March 18, 2010  Video Link
  	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 Health  Title: A Gendered Approach to Health: The Separate but Intermingled Challenges of Men and Women.  Date: February 4, 2010  Video Link
  	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  Title: The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation: A New Look at HIV Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.  Date: November 30, 2009 Video Link
  	Rear Admiral David Rutstein, MD  Assistant U. S. Surgeon General,  Director of the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment,  Title:Hurricanes, Hot Zones, and H1N1: Are We Prepared for Them All?  Date: October 6, 2009  Video Link

  2008-2009 Lectures
  	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, UCSF  Former Dean, Yale School of Medicine  Former Commissioner United States Food and Drug Administration  Title: The End of Overeating: Controlling America's Insatiable Appetite  Date: April 16, 2009    Part 1    Part 2
  	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 An Inconvenient Truth and Earth in the Balance   28th Lamb Lecture  Title: Health Threats and the Climate Crisis
  	Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH  Director of the RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities  Title: Disparities and Health: What is the Problem and What Can We Do?  Date: March 5, 2009  Video Link
  	Michael A Friedman, MD  President and CEO, City of Hope  Title: Thinking About the Unthinkable: Planning for a Nuclear Event. Date: February 19, 2009  Video Link
  	Dr. David R. Williams  Director, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Commission to Build a Healthier America  Title: A Special Lecture and Community Meeting, "Building a Healthier America"  Date: January 20, 2009                          Video Links: Part One | Part Two
  	James W. Curran, MD, M.P.H  Dean and Professor of Epidemiology  Rollins School of Public Health - Emory University  Title: Lessons from the Early Years of the AIDS Epidemic  Date: December 4, 2008
  	Gail Wilensky, PH.D.  Senior Fellow, Project HOPE  Commissioner, World Health Organization on the Social Determination of Health Title: What the Election Will Mean for Healthcare Reform  Date: November 20, 2008

  2007-2008 Lectures
  	The Honorable David Satcher, MD, Ph.D.  The 16th Surgeon General  27th Lamb Lecture   Title: Major Challenges Facing the Health System in the United States - A Surgeon General's Perspective  Date: April 10, 2008  Video Link
  	William J. Martin II, MD  Associate Director of Translational Biomedicine - National Institute of Health  Title:The Impact of Indoor Air on Human Health in the Developing World  Date: February 20, 2008  Video Link
  	Harrison Spencer, MD, M.P.H., DTM&H  President & CEO of the Association of School of Public Health  Title: Schools of Public Health: A Growth Industry with New Paradigms  Date: January 24, 2008  Video Link  Student Interview
  	Linda Distlerath, Ph.D., J.D.  Senior Vice President APCO Worldwide  Former Vice President for Global Health Policy, Merck & Co., Inc  Title: In Recognition of World AIDS Day  Date: December 4, 2007
  	Susan R. Cooper, M.S.N., R.N.  Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Health  Title: A View From The Commissioner's Chair  Date: November 15, 2007 Video Link  Student Interview
  	The Honorable William H. Frist, MD  Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader  26th Lamb Lecture Title: Health Diplomacy: Using Medicine as a Currency for Peace  Date: October 18, 2007 Video Link Student Interview
  	Nathan Stinson, Ph.D., MD, M.P.H.  President, Center for Multicultural Health  Pfizer Visiting Professor in Health Literacy and Clear Health Communication.  Title - Health Literacy: What You Don't Know Will Hurt You  Date September 20, 2007                        Lecture Video                        Student Interview

  2006-2007 Lectures
  	Richard H. Carmona, MD, M.P.H., FACS  17th Surgeon General of The United States  East Tennessee State University  Leading Voices in Public Health Lecture Title - Prevention, Plagues, Preparedness and Politics: The Life of the Surgeon General  Time & Location March 19, 2007  Video Link
  	Renslow Sherer, MD  Director, HIV/TB.STI Project HOPE Leading Voices in Public Health Lecture Title - An Overview of Global AIDS Pandemic: Effective Interventions in China and Sub-Saharan Africa  Time & Location February 15, 2007

• Special Lectures

   

  2017-2018 Lectures
  	James Willis, PhD, MPA, BA Peace Corps Volunteer Special Lecture Title: A Personally Relevant Description of Peace Corps Service Date: September 20, 2017 Video Presentation

  2016-2017 Lectures
  	Michael Meit, MA, MPH Program Area Director, Public Health Research Department  Co-Director, NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis NORC at the University of Chicago Special Lecture Title: Leveraging Community Assets to Improve Rural Health and Equity Date: April 13, 2017 Video Presentation
  	Meredith Potts Executive Director and Founder FIRE - Flagstaff International Relief Effort Special Lecture Title: Mongolia, Hepatitis, and FIRE - Flagstaff International Relief Effort Date: February 28, 2017 Video Presentation
  	Michael Gillenwater, MSEH Branch Chief-Training Branch, Resource Management and Business Administration (RMBA) Grants Program Directorate (GPD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Department of Homeland Security Special Lecture Title: A Career in Environmental/Public Health and Homeland Security:  From Johnson City, TN to Barrow AK to the White House and Capitol Hill Date: February 9, 2017 Video Presentation

  2015-2016 Lectures
  	Bob Morrow, MD, MPH, FACPM Associate Professor (Adjunct) Pediatrics, Global Health Track Mentor International Medicine Programs, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Special Lecture Title: Challenges of Health in Bhutan: Stomach Cancer in a Culturally Unique, High Incidence Region Date: April 21, 2016 Video Presentation
  	David Blackley, DrPH Research Epidemiologist, Surveillance Branch, Respiratory Health Division,  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Special Lecture Title: Ebola in Liberia: Responding to an Evolving Epidemic Date: April 4, 2016
  	Jay Mehta, MD Pulmonary and Critical Medicine Fellowship Director Quillen College of Medicine Special Lecture Title: TB: Lessons from Epidemiological Change Date: March 1, 2016 Video Presentation
  	Melanie Boeckmann, DrPH University of Bremen, Artec Sustainability Research Center,  Research Fellow, Gender and Climate Change Special Lecture Title: Exploring the health context: evidence, ethics, and social aspects of climate change adaptation Date: November 16, 2015

  2014-2015 Lectures
  	Sarah Junkin Woodard Jubilee House Community Founder Center for Development in Central America Special Lecture Title: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Working to Reduce Poverty in Nicaragua Date: April 6, 2015
  	David Kirschke, MD, MPH Medical Director, Northeast Tennessee Regional Health Department Special Lecture Title: Ebola: Implications for Public Health Date: November 20, 2014 Video Presentation
  	Edward J. Kelly, JD University Counsel, East Tennessee State University Special Lecture Title: Quarantine Law and the Ebola Crisis Date: November 17, 2014 Video Presentation

  2013-2014 Lectures
  	Jenny Dyer, Ph.D. Executive Director, Hope through Healing Hands Special Lecture Title: Saving Mother and Child: Why Planning Families is Critical in Developing Nations Date: April 15, 2014 Video Presentation
  	Kyle Colvett, M.D. Medical Director for Oncology Services, Mountain States Health Alliance Special Lecture Title: Radiation Emergencies: Implications for Public Health Date: November 21, 2013 Presentation Slides (PDF)
  	Captain John Sanders Commanding Officer of the Naval Medical Research Center Special Lecture Title: Bioterrorism: Implications for Public Health Date: October 31, 2013 Presentation slides available upon request. The Current Status of the Epidemiologic Transition (Lecture at the Quillen College of Medicine)
  	Dr. Steven Booth-Butterfield President, Healthy Influence, LLC Special Lecture Title:  Persuasion Opportunity for Public Health or Getting Your Way with Words Date: April 12, 2013
  	Dr. Konglai Zhang Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Peking Union Medical College Former President - Global Chinese AIDS Network Special Lecture Title:  Update on AIDS in China Date: March 19, 2013 Presentation Slides (PDF)

  Selected Lectures by the Dean

  Randy Wykoff, MD, M.P.H. & TM  Dean  College of Public Health  East Tennessee State University  Title: "Your World and Your Role in it" for the Survive and Thrive: Roadmap for New County Health Officials Date: August 5, 2010 Video Link Title: The Greatest Challenge in Global Health  Date: November 13, 2006  Link  Video Link Title: Leading Change in Health: Lessons from America’s “Poorest State" Date: September 14, 2016 Event: IDEAcademy  Video Link