Dean’s Leaders & Lagniappe Lecture Series: Schedule

Dean

Fall 2025

Monday, November 10

  • Tom Frieden, President and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives, previous Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Spring 2026 

Wednesday, February 11,12 – 1pm CST

  • Dr. Paula Song, Dean, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University
  • Dr. Brad Pollock, Associate Dean for Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis 

Wednesday, March 11, 12 – 1pm CST

  • Dr. Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, FACOG, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Nest Health
  • Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi, PhD, MPP Chief Executive Officer, Cayaba Care

Past lectures

Video recordings of past lectures are available to watch below. 

2024-2025 Lecture Series

Wednesday, May 7

  • Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dean, UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
  • Daniele Fallin, Dean, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
  • Watch the recording of this conversation

Wednesday, March 12

  • Shawn G. Gibbs, Dean, Texas A&M University School of Public Health
  • Tara Sabo-Attwood, Dean, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health
  • Watch the recording of this conversation.

Wednesday, January 15 

  • Perry Halkitis, Dean, Rutgers University School of Public Health
  • Ed Trapido, Dean, LSU School of Public Health
  • Watch the recording of this conversation

Monday, November 18

2023-2024 Lecture Series

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

  • Dean Tracie C. Collins, University of New Mexico College of Public Health
  • Dean Paul C. Erwin, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health
  • Watch the recording of this conversation.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

  • Dean Ashish Joshi, University of Memphis School of Public Health
  • Lecture title: “Translating Public Health Education Into Greater Community Impact.”