Lectures
Join our distinguished faculty for engaging online lectures that explore cutting-edge epidemiological research, emerging methodologies, and critical public health insights.
Upcoming Lectures
These upcoming sessions provide timely insights into current research trends and methodological innovations in the field.
David Schottenfeld Lecture
Director, Genomic Research and Data Science Center for Computation and Cloud-Computing, GRADS-4C, NIH
Associate Director, Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) NSF Gen-4 ERC
Department of Biology
North Carolina A&T State University
Topic: Three Score & Ten: Why Medicine Gets Race Wrong, the Harm It Causes, and How to Fix It
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Philip S. Brachman Memorial Lecture
Anna MR Lauder Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)
Professor of Statistics and Data Science (Secondary)
Yale School of Public Health
Topic: Unveiling Bias: A Statistician's Quest for Data Equity in Health Research
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Summer Session in Epidemiology 60th anniversary special Lecture
Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health
Co-Director, Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response
Topic: Control of Respiratory Infections: The legacy of Thomas Francis Jr.
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David Schottenfeld Lecture
Vice President for Research, U-M Office of Research
Principal Investigator, Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS)
Topic: Firearm Injury in the United States: Facts, Myths and a Path Foward
David Schottenfeld Lecture
Honorary Skou Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
Topic: Quantitative Skepticism for Drawing Credible Causal Conclusions in Epidemiology
Philip S. Brachman Memorial Lecture
Topic: Playing Hide-and-Seek with Malaria Parasites
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Malaria Parasites Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, MD, PhD Professor of Parasitology University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Philip S. Brachman, MD, (Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health) was former director of the Epidemiology Intelligence Service at CDC and a renowned educator in global health and field epidemiology. Dr. Brachman served for more than 30 years as Planning Committee Chair of the Summer Session in Epidemiology.
Past Lectures
Explore our archive of previous lectures featuring leading epidemiologists who have shared their expertise on diverse research topics and methodological approaches.
2025
Three Score & Ten: Why Medicine Gets Race Wrong, the Harm It Causes, and How to Fix It
Speaker: Joseph L. Graves, PhD
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Unveiling Bias: A Statistician's Quest for Data Equity in Health Research
Speaker: Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD
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Control of Respiratory Infections: The legacy of Thomas Francis Jr.
Speaker: Arnold S. Monto, MD
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2024
Firearm Injury in the United States: Facts, Myths and a Path Foward
Speaker: Rebecca Cunningham, MD
Quantitative Skepticism for Drawing Credible Causal Conclusions in Epidemiology
Speaker: Onyebuchi A. Arah, MD, PhD, MPH
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Malaria Parasites
Speaker: Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, MD, PhD
Playing Hide-and-Seek with Malaria Parasites Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, MD, PhD Professor of Parasitology University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Philip S. Brachman, MD, (Professor, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health) was former director of the Epidemiology Intelligence Service at CDC and a renowned educator in global health and field epidemiology. Dr. Brachman served for more than 30 years as Planning Committee Chair of the Summer Session in Epidemiology.