Luminaries features the brightest minds in public health. These lectures allow top experts on the most pressing public health issues to share their knowledge with our community.
All lectures take place from noon to 1:00 pm. Find the schedule for this academic year below.
Professor, University of California, San Fransisco School of Medicine
Title: Abortion Access After the Fall of Roe: A Paradox of Pills and Perils
Date: Tuesday, September 10
Location: CNR Klamon Room (8th floor) and Zoom
Bio
Research Professor of Global Health, Duke University
Title: Advancing LGBTQ Health Justice: The Role of Intersectional Community-Engaged Research
Date: Wednesday, October 23
Location: CNR Klamon Room (8th floor) and Zoom
Bio
Title: Special Post-Election Event with the Rollins Election Day Initiative
Date: Tuesday, November 12
Location: RRR Ballroom and Zoom
Featuring Dr. James Curran and Dr. Anne Schuchat
Title: Leading Public Health in Times of Change
Date: Tuesday, January 14
Location: RRR Ballroom and Zoom
Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Epidemiology; Clinical and Translational Science, Director of Health and Clinical Research, Magee-Womens Research Institute
Title: TBD
Date: Tuesday, February 11
Location: CNR Klamon Room (8th floor) and Zoom
Bio
Professor and Chair of the Environmental and Occupational Health Department, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Title: TBD
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Location: CNR Klamon Room (8th floor) and Zoom
Bio
Professor, Indiana University School of Public Health
Title: TBD
Date: Tuesday, April 22
Location: CNR Klamon Room (8th floor) and Zoom
Bio
Lauren Ancel Meyers, PhD
Modeling to Mitigate Pandemics in US Cities
Brendan Saloner, PhD
From Crisis to Opportunity:Touchpoints to Expand Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Drew T. Shindell, PhD
Reductions in Premature Deaths from Heat and Particulate Matter Under Decarbonization
Chris Beyrer, MD
The Challenge of HIV Incidence
Susan Sherman, PhD
The Overdose Epidemic in the U.S.: An Enduring Tale of Inequity and the Fundamental Role of Evidence
Bill Foege, MD; Kelly Callahan; and Walt Orenstein, MD
Going, Going, Gone! The Fight to Eradicate Poliomyelitis, Dracunculiasis, and Smallpox