Keynote Speakers Highlight

The Teaching Prevention program has welcomed keynote speakers with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and areas of expertise. Meet some of the educators, researchers, and professionals who have joined us over the years. Titles and affiliations reflect those held at the time of the meeting.

  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhD

    Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication & Director; Annenberg Public Policy Center

    Co-founder of FactCheck.org and SciCheck

    Preempting Public Misconceptions About Controversial Science

  • Amy Acton

    Amy Acton, MD, MPH

    Former Director, Ohio Department of Health; Governor-elect from Ohio

    Leadership and Resilience in Public Health

  • Nicole Turner Lee, PhD

    Nicole Turner Lee, PhD

    Director, Center for Technology Innovation; Brookings Institute

    Author, Digitally invisible: How the internet is creating the new underclass

    AI and the Future of Critical Thinking

  • Katy Glen Bass, JD

    Research Director, Knight First Amendment Institute
    Columbia University

    Navigating Academic Freedom in a Shifting Landscape

  • Katherine Elkins, PhD

    Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature; Founding Co-director
    KDH and AI Labs, Kenyon College

    AI and Health: Navigating Emotion, Agency, and Ethics

  • Christopher King, PhD, MHSc, FACHE

    Inaugural Dean
    Georgetown University School of Health

    Disrupting the Status Quo: For the Sake of Prevention and Preservation of Humanity

  • Edward Maibach, PhD

    Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Climate Change Communication
    George Mason University

    Limiting Global Warming to 1.5–2.0 Degrees Celsius: A Necessary and Unique Role for Health Professionals

  • Margaret Huang, MA

    President and CEO
    Southern Poverty Law Center

    Pursuing the Agenda of Equity and Social Justice for All

  • Shantel Hebert-Magee, MD, MPH

    Chief Medical Officer, Medicaid
    Louisiana Department of Health

    Where the Sidewalk Ends: Tackling Intergenerational Trauma in a Population Health Model

  • Thomas LaVeist, PhD

    Dean; Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

    The Skin You’re In: The Astonishing Inequalities in Black Health

  • Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH

    Epidemiologist, Data Scientist, and Publisher, Your Local Epidemiologist

    Weathering the Storm: An All Hands on Deck Response to the Infodemic

  • Kimberly Williams, MPP

    Director for Health Equity, Population Health and Community Engagement Humana Healthy Horizons in Louisiana

    Leading Health Equity in Louisiana

  • Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH

    Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

    Rethinking Our Approach to Health After a Pandemic: Lessons Learned from COVID-19

  • Stephen Thomas, MD

    Chief, Infectious Diseases Division; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

    COVID-19 Update: Where Are We Headed?

  • Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH

    Professor and Dean, University of Maryland School of Public Health; former Deputy Surgeon General

    Sustaining a Robust and Effective Public Health Workforce

  • Ruth Berggren, MD

    Director, Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, UT Health Science Center San Antonio

    Humanities and Medicine

  • Willie Baronet, MFA

    Professor in Creative Advertising, Southern Methodist University

    We Are All Homeless

  • Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD

    President, American Public Health Association; Senior Fellow, Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine

    Achieving Health Equity: Tools for a National Campaign Against Racism