Year

Speaker and Lecture Details

2015

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.  Perelman School of Medicine
Research Directions for Solving the Obesity Epidemic in High-Risk Populations
 

2014

Moyses Szklo, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H.  Johns Hopkins University
Epidemiology: Back to Translation (PDF - 370 KB)  Watch an NIH videocast of this seminar.

2013

Mitchell Gail, M.D., Ph.D.  National Cancer Institute Using Risk Models for Breast Cancer Prevention (PDF - 476KB)     Watch an NIH videocast of this seminar

2012

Lewis H. Kuller, M.D., Dr.P.H., University of Pittsburgh The Obesity Epidemic: Why Have We Failed? (PDF - 234KB) Watch an NIH videocast of this seminar

2011

Jonathan Samet, M.D., Johns Hopkins University Big Epidemiology for Big Problems

2010

Julie E. Buring, Sc.D., Harvard Medical School  What Do We Do When Studies Disagree?

2009

Leon Gordis, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University
Epidemiology at the Interface of Science, Policy, and Politics: Are New Directions Needed for Epidemiology Training Today?

2008

Alice S. Whittemore, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Personalizing Cancer Prevention

2007

Robert N. Hoover, M.D., Sc.D., The National Cancer Institute Hormones & Breast Cancer: Etiology vs. Ideology
 

2006

Steven N. Blair, P.E.D., The Cooper Institute Physical Inactivity: The Biggest Public Health Problem in the 21st Century

2005

Jo Ann Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard Medical School, Boston
Post-Menopausal: Can Divergent Findings from Clinical Trials and Observational Studies Be Reconciled?

2004

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., University of California Diversity, Body Size and Diabetes: Genetics Without Genotyping

2003

Jeremiah Stamler, M.D., Northwestern University  Nutrition, Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Low Risk

2002

Sir Richard Peto, F.R.S., University of Oxford, UK  Halving Premature Death

2001

David L. DeMets, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Managing and Monitoring Multicenter Clinical Trials: Who Is in Charge of What?

2000

Steven R. Cummings, M.D., FACP, University of California
New Technology and a Two-Edged Sword: How Bone Densitometry Has Revolutionized and Impeded the Understanding and Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures

1999

Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard Medical School
Diet and Coronary Heart Disease: Have We Misled the Nation?

1998

Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University Epidemiology in the Cause of Vitamin A: Science to Practice

1997

Jean W. MacCluer, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center
From Epidemiology to Gene Discovery: Finding Genes for Complex Diseases

1996

Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., M.D., Sc.M., National Cancer Institute
Epidemiology of Cancer: An Interdisciplinary Approach

1995

Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., Dr.P.H, Harvard Medical School
Aspirin in the Secondary and Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease