Dean's Lectures
Dean MacKenzie regularly hosts lectures and discussions to showcase the critical work of the School’s renowned faculty.
The events are an opportunity for faculty promoted to the rank of professor to discuss their research and for the School community to celebrate their achievements.
Sleep Health: The Keystone of Healthy Aging?
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Adam P. Spira, PhD
Professor, Department of Mental Health
Translational Epidemiology: Advancing understanding and impacting viral disease
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Gypsyamber D’Souza, PhD ’07, MPH, MS
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Preventing Violence against Women: Dispatches from the frontiers of research and practice
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Lori Heise, PhD
Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Genetics, Epigenetics and Addiction Liability
Monday, December 7, 2020
Brion Maher, PhD
Professor, Department of Mental Health
Drug Utilization, Safety, and Effectiveness in the United States: Searching for Mission Control
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
G. Caleb Alexander, MD
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Health Insurance in the U.S.: a facilitator and barrier for health care access
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Daniel Polsky, PhD, MPP
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Community-Centered Public Health Research and Practice: Tenets, Benefits, Challenges
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Janice Bowie, PhD '97, MPH
Director, DrPH Program
Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Exploring the Nutritional Requirements of Malaria Parasites: A Tale of Two Organelles
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Sean Prigge, PhD
Professor, W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
How Issues Emerge as Global Health Priorities: COVID-19 in Perspective
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Jeremy Shiffman, PhD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Policy
Professor, Department of International Health
Single Cell Genomics, Data Science, and Public Health
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Hongkai Ji, PhD
Professor and Graduate Program Director
Department of Biostatistics
A Conversation with the Architects of the Proposed Federal Initiative to End the US HIV Epidemic
Friday, November 22, 2019
Anthony Fauci, MD
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
John T. Brooks, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Facilitator
Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH ’91
Associate Director, JHU Center for AIDS Research Desmond M. Tutu Professor in Public Health and Human Rights
The Future of Psychiatric Epidemiology
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Peter Zandi, PhD
Arlene and Robert Kogod Professor of Mood Disorders
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Professor, Epidemiology and Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Interpersonal Influences on the Health Outcomes of Vulnerable, Stigmatized Populations: A Network Methodological Approach
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Amy R. Knowlton, ScD
Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Data, Professional Judgment and Models in Occupational Exposure Assessment
Monday, September 16, 2019
Grumurthy Ramachandran, PhD
Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
'It's always something': Truisms for Clinical Trials
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Janet Holbrook, PhD '99, MPH
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Center for Clinical Trials and Evidence Synthesis
From cell biology to therapeutics: Apicomplexan parasites revealed
Monday, April 15, 2019
Isabelle Coppens, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Sheldon Hall
Promoting Safe and Healthy Environments where People Live, Work, Play and Travel
Monday, March 25, 2019
Keshia M. Pollack Porter, PhD '06, MPH
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
Director, Institute for Health and Social Policy
Director of Research, Center for Injury Research and Policy
Data Science Education as a Scalable Public Health Intervention
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Jeffrey Leek, PhD
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
The dengue human infection model: A critical tool for development of a safe and effective vaccine
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Anna P. Durbin, MD
Professor, Department of International Health
Stem cells, diet, and physiology
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Exploring Concepts of Health: The Contributions of Qualitative Society
Monday, April 9, 2018
Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD, MA
Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Can we ever improve the quality of end-of-life care?
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018
Sydney Morss Dy, MD, MS, FAAHPM
Professor, Health Policy & Management, Medicine, and Oncology
Measuring Progress: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Saifuddin Ahmed, PhD
Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
The Changing Global Health Landscape: What role for an Elite, Northern Research Institution?
TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018
Sara Bennett, PhD
Professor, Department of International Health
Dean's Lecture: From Hysteria to Hope – Bringing Reason to the Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse
Monday, February 5, 2018
Elizabeth Letourneau, PhD
Professor, Department of Mental Health
Director, Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse