The
Leading Voices in Public Health
is a premier lecture series designed to bring internationally respected thought leaders to the community to speak with students, community members, and faculty, about issues of key importance to the public's welfare. The topics are purposely diverse, reflecting the broad interests and impact of public health. One Lecture per year is the “Lamb Lecture” 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 Lectures, usually held one evening per month, last about one hour and are followed by an active question and answer period. Often the Lecturers meet separately with student leaders, faculty researchers, and the media. You can review many of the lectures, by selecting the titles listed in light green, below. If you have suggestions for future speakers, or would like to be put on the email list to be notified of upcoming Lectures, please contact the Dean at: Wykoff@etsu.edu.
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Commissioner John Dreyzehner
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Title: View from the Epicenter of an Evolving Public Health Crisis: Lessons Learned from the Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Date: April 25, 2013 |
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Dr. Reed V. Tuckson
29th Annual Lamb Lecture |
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Title: The Imperative for the Integration of Population Health Promotion/Disease Prevention and Clinical Care Delivery Date: April 11, 2013 |
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Dr. Roberta B. Ness
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Title: Reimagining Innovation: Caution's Erosion of the Modern Research University
Date: March 28, 2013
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Dr. Robert S. Lawrence
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Rethinking Water: The High American Diet is Draining Our Aquifers
Date: February 21, 2013
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Dr. Ian Lapp
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Title: Disruptive Innovation in Public Health Education: Should We Be Spooked by MOOCs?
Date: November 8, 2012 |
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2011 - 2012 Lectures |
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Panel of Experts on Food |
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Title: Rethinking Food
Date: April 5, 2012 Video Presentation Photos |
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Current and Former Tennessee Commissioner(s) of Health |
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Title: Commissioners' Roundtable Date: March 8, 2012
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Julio Frenk
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Title - Health Professionals for the 21st Century: Transforming Education for an Interdependent World
Date – February 7, 2012 Video Presentation |
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Kevin Spencer
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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" |
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Stan Brock
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Title - Wapishana to Wise: Lessons Learned from 500,000 Patients, 28th Lamb Lecture - 2011
Date – November 17, 2011 How to access the presentation |
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Paul Brooks
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Title - The End of Disempowerment and Dependency: Rethinking the Path for AIDS Orphans in Africa.
Date – October 6, 2011 How to access the presentation |
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 Medicine |
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Title - The Mouse, the House, and the Hamburger: Making Sense of the Asthma Epidemic Date – March 3, 2011 Video Link |
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Ambassador Eric Goosby
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State |
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Title - A Global Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS Date – February 17, 2011 Video Link |
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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 |
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Part 2 - My Brain Tumor: A Mind Expanding Comedy
Written and Performed by California-based actor David Nathan Schwartz Date – January 27, 2011 APSH News letter |
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Carlos Castillo-Chavez Ph.D.
Regents Professor Arizona State University |
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Title - Public Health Policy and National Security: Life in the times of Emergent and Re-Emergent Diseases |
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Scott Wallace, J.D., MBA
Visiting Professor, Darden School of Business University of Virginia |
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Title - Improving Value in Health Care: Capabilities, Chronic Health, and Health Strategy Date – October 5, 2010 Video Link |
2009 - 2010 Lectures |
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William Kenneth “Big Kenny” Alphin
Social activist, philanthropist, and part of the Grammy-nominated Country duo “Big & Rich”. |
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Title - Personal Responsibility and Social Action: Sudan, Haiti and Appalachia
Date - March 18, 2010 Video Link |
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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 (Women’s Health) and Director of the HHS Office on Women’s Health |
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Title - A Gendered Approach to Health: The Separate but Intermingled Challenges of Men and Women.
Date – February 4, 2010 Video Link |
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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 |
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Title - The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation: A New Look at HIV Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. Date – November 30, 2009 The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation: A New Look at HIV Prevention in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Rear Admiral David Rutstein, MD
Assistant U. S. Surgeon General, Director of the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment, |
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Title - Hurricanes, Hot Zones, and H1N1: Are We Prepared for Them All? Date – October 6, 2009 Hurricanes, Hot Zones, and H1N1: Are We Prepared for Them All? Video Link |
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, UCSF Former Dean, Yale School of Medicine Former Commissioner United States Food and Drug Administration |
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Title - The End of Overeating: Controlling America's Insatiable Appetite Date – April 16, 2009 Part 1 Part 2 |
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The Honorable Al Gore, Jr
45th Vice President of the United States 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner 27th Lamb Lecture-2009 Chairman, Generation Investment Management Chairman, Current TV Author An Inconvenient Truth and Earth in the Balance |
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Title - Health Threats and the Climate Crisis Date – March 26, 2009 |
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Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
Director of the RAND Center for Population Health and Health Disparities |
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Title - Disparities and Health: What is the Problem and What Can We Do? Date – March 5, 2009 Video Link |
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Michael A Friedman, MD
President and CEO, City of Hope |
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Title - Thinking About the Unthinkable: Planning for a Nuclear Event.
Date – February 19, 2009 Video Link |
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Dr. David R. Williams
Director, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America |
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Title - A Special Lecture and Community Meeting, "Building a Healthier America" Date – January 20, 2009 Part 1 (.wmv) Part 2 (.wmv) |
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James W. Curran, MD, M.P.H
Dean and Professor of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University |
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Title - Lessons 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 Health |
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Title - What 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 26th Lamb Lecture - 2008 |
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Title - Major Challenges Facing the Health System in the United States - A Surgeon General's Perspective Date – April 10, 2008 Video Link |
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William J. Martin II, MD Associate Director of Translational Biomedicine - National Institute of Health |
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Title - The Impact of Indoor Air on Human Health in the Developing World Date – February 20, 2008 Video Link |
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Harrison Spencer, MD, M.P.H., DTM&H President & CEO of the Association of School of Public Health |
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Title - Schools of Public Health: A Growth Industry with New Paradigms Date – January 24, 2008 Video Link Student Interview |
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Linda Distlerath, Ph.D., J.D.
Senior Vice President APCO Worldwide Former Vice President for Global Health Policy, Merck & Co., Inc |
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Title - In Recognition of World AIDS Day
Date – December 4, 2007 Public - Private Partnerships in HIV/AIDS: Lessons from Botswana Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 |
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Susan R. Cooper, M.S.N., R.N.
Commissioner Tennessee Department of Health |
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Title - A View From The Commissioner's Chair
Date– November 15, 2007 |
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The Honorable William H. Frist, MD
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader 25th Lamb Lecture-2007 |
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Title - Health Diplomacy: Using Medicine as a Currency for Peace
Date – October 18, 2007 Video Link Student Interview |
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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 Communication. |
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Title - Health Literacy: What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
Date – September 20, 2007 Lecture Video Student Interview |
2006 - 2007 Lectures |
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Richard H. Carmona, MD, M.P.H., FACS
17th Surgeon General of The United States East Tennessee State University |
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Title - Prevention, Plagues, Preparedness and Politics: The Life of the Surgeon General Time & Location – March 19, 2007 Video Link |
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Rendslow Sherer, MD
Director, HIV/TB.STI Project HOPE |
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Title - An Overview of Global AIDS Pandemic: Effective Interventions in China and Sub-Saharan Africa
Time & Location – March 19, 2007 |
Other Lectures |
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Randy Wykoff, MD, M.P.H. & TM
Dean College of Public Health East Tennessee State University |
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Title - The Greatest Challenge in Global Health
Time & Location – November 13, 2006 Link Video Link |