Lectureship Events
Summer Session in Epidemiology 60th anniversary special Lecture
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM EDT
Video Conference/Zoom Only
Topic: Control of Respiratory Infections: The legacy of Thomas Francis Jr.
Arnold S. Monto, MD
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
Professor Emeritus, Global Public Health
Thomas Francis, Jr. Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health
Co-Director, Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response
Arnold S. Monto, MD, is the Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. His work focuses on the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of acute infections, especially respiratory infections like influenza. He led the landmark Tecumseh study and the ongoing HIVE study in Michigan, examining the effects of influenza vaccines. Dr. Monto is also involved in research on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and has contributed to studies on antivirals, face masks, and hand hygiene. He co-directs the Michigan Center for Respiratory Virus Research and Response and has served on key national committees, such as the National Allergy and Infectious Diseases Advisory Council. He has received multiple awards, including the Alexander Fleming Award and the Charles Merieux Award, and is honored by the CDC's annual "Arnold S. Monto Award." Currently, he is the acting chair of the FDA's Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.
Philip S. Brachman Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM EDT
Video Conference/Zoom Only
Topic: Unveiling Bias: A Statistician's Quest for Data Equity in Health Research
Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Public Health Data Science and Data Equity
Anna MR Lauder Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Disease)
Professor of Statistics and Data Science (Secondary)
Yale School of Public Health
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.
David Schottenfeld Lecture
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM EDT
Video Conference/Zoom Only
Topic: Three Score & Ten: Why Medicine Gets Race Wrong, the Harm It Causes, and How to Fix
It
Joseph L. Graves, PhD
MacKenzie Scott Endowed Professor of Biology
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
David Schottenfeld, MD, MS, (John G. Searle Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health) is a renowned cancer epidemiologist, receiving numerous honors and awards. Dr. Schottenfeld also served as director of the Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology from 1988–2004.