Lectures & Discussions
Dean MacKenzie regularly hosts lectures and discussions to showcase the critical work of the School’s renowned faculty.
The events are an opportunity for faculty promoted to the rank of professor to discuss their research and for the School community to celebrate their achievements.
Dean’s Sponsored Lecture Series / co-hosted by the Center for AIDS Research
A Conversation with the Architects of the Proposed Federal Initiative to End the US HIV Epidemic
Friday, November 22, 2019
Anthony Fauci, MD
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
John T. Brooks, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Facilitator
Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH ’91
Associate Director, JHU Center for AIDS Research Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights
Dean’s Lectures
Translational Epidemiology: Advancing understanding and impacting viral disease
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Gypsyamber D’Souza, PhD ’07, MPH, MS

Translational Epidemiology: Advancing understanding and impacting viral disease
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Gypsyamber D’Souza, PhD ’07, MPH, MS

Preventing Violence against Women: Dispatches from the frontiers of research and practice
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Lori Heise, PhD

Genetics, Epigenetics and Addiction Liability
Monday, December 7, 2020
Brion Maher, PhD

Drug Utilization, Safety, and Effectiveness in the United States: Searching for Mission Control
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
G. Caleb Alexander, MD

Health Insurance in the U.S.: a facilitator and barrier for health care access
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Daniel Polsky, PhD, MPP

Community-Centered Public Health Research and Practice: Tenets, Benefits, Challenges
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Janice Bowie, PhD '97, MPH

Exploring the Nutritional Requirements of Malaria Parasites: A Tale of Two Organelles
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Sean Prigge, PhD

How Issues Emerge as Global Health Priorities: COVID-19 in Perspective
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Jeremy Shiffman, PhD

Single Cell Genomics, Data Science, and Public Health
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Hongkai Ji, PhD

The Future of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Peter Zandi, PhD

Interpersonal Influences on the Health Outcomes of Vulnerable, Stigmatized Populations: A Network Methodological Approach
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Amy R. Knowlton, ScD

Data, Professional Judgment and Models in Occupational Exposure Assessment
Monday, September 16, 2019
Grumurthy Ramachandran, PhD

'It's always something': Truisms for Clinical Trials
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Janet Holbrook, PhD '99, MPH

From cell biology to therapeutics: Apicomplexan parasites revealed
Monday, April 15, 2019
Isabelle Coppens, PhD

PROMOTING SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND TRAVEL
Monday, March 25, 2019
Keshia M. Pollack Porter, PhD '06, MPH

DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION AS A SCALABLE PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Jeffrey Leek, PhD

THE DENGUE HUMAN INFECTION MODEL: A CRITICAL TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Anna P. Durbin, MD

STEM CELLS, DIET, AND PHYSIOLOGY
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, PhD

EXPLORING CONCEPTS OF HEALTH: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUALITATIVE SOCIOLOGY TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Monday, April 9, 2018
Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD, MA

CAN WE EVER IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF END-OF-LIFE CARE?
Monday, April 2, 2018
Sydney Morss Dy, MD, MS, FAAHPM

MEASURING PROGRESS: MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY SETTINGS
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Saifuddin Ahmed, PhD

THE CHANGING GLOBAL HEALTH LANDSCAPE: WHAT ROLE FOR AN ELITE, NORTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTION?
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Sara Bennett, PhD
