Past Lectures

Date Speaker(s) Presentation Title
February 2021

David B. Allison, Ph.D.
School of Public Health, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN

 Rescuing Nutrition Science’s Reputation from the Bin of Condemnation to that Worthy of Constructive Criticism: Toward Greater Rigor and Warrant in Nutrition and Obesity
February 2018

Lorna H. McNeill, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Department of Health Disparities, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX

 Reducing Cancer Health Disparities through Community Engagement: Working with Faith-Based Organizations (Project CHURCH)
December 2017

Jada G. Hamilton, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Attending Psychologist and Assistant Member Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Memorial Hospital

 Precision Oncology and Genetic Risk Information: Exploring Patients' Preferences and Responses
April 2021

Nilanjan Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

 Polygenic Risk Scores in Cancer Prevention
February 2024
Peter S. Hovmand, Ph..D, M.S.W.

Peter S. Hovmand, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Professor of Medicine, Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

 Participatory Methods in Systems Science: Why, When, and How
October 2015

Dominique S. Michaud, Sc.D.
Professor, Tufts University Medical School

 Oral Microbiome and Pancreatic Cancer
October 2015

Worta McCaskill-Stevens, M.D., M.S. & Ann M. Geiger, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group & Healthcare Delivery Research Program

Opportunities in Cancer Care Delivery Research
January 2017

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H.
University of Pennsylvania

 Obesity, Cancer Prevention, and Health Equity. The Promise of Public Health Approaches
October 2016

Susan E. Olivo-Marston, Ph.D., M.P.H.
The Ohio State University

 Obesity and Colon Cancer…Does Timing Matter?”
May 2023
Damon Centola, Ph.D.

Damon Centola, Ph.D.
Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania

 New Theory and Experiments on Implicit Race and Gender Bias in Medicine