Speaker series
NEISE hosts a speaker series offered throughout the academic year. These dialogues reflect a variety of topics and expertise of our interdisciplinary community. Lectures are open to all Emory University students, faculty, and staff, and the general public as space permits. This page highlights previous speakers. Subscribe to the NEISE listserv to stay updated on additional speakers, lectures, and activities.
UPcoming Speakers
Previous Speakers
Katherine Pickard, PhD
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Autism and Related Disabilities
Nicole Hendrix, PhD, BCBA
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Elizabeth Rhodes, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health
Emory University
Core faculty at the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center
Jonny Crocker, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health
Emory University
Research Scientist
Department of Global Health
University of Washington
Jessica Sales, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences
Emory University
Amit Shah, MD, MSCR
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Chief of Preventive Cardiology, Atlanta VA Healthcare System
Emory University
Lisa Thompson, RN, FNP-BC, MS, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Eri Saikawa, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Environmental Sciences
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Sarah Birken, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Implementation Science
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Rohit Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH
Associate Director, Public Health Leadership Program
Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, UNC
Director, UNC/RTI Consortium for Implementation Science
Gila Neta, Phd, MPP
Program Director, Implementation Science
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Bethany Caruso
Emory University
Assistant Professor
Global Health
James Lavery
Emory University
Conrad n. Hilton Chair
Global Health Ethics
James Lavery
Emory University
Conrad n. Hilton Chair
Global Health Ethics
Karen Andes
Emory University
Associate Professor
Global Health
Hilary King
Emory University
Assistant Director
Masters in Development Practices
Elly Kaganzi
CARE USA
Deputy Director
Agriculture & Markets, Food and Water Systems
Andre Patterson
CARE USA
Senior Technical Advisor
Knowledge Management & Learning
Matthew Freeman PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Sevgi O. Aral, PhD, MA, MS
Associate Director for Science
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Centers for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Division of STD Prevention
Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES
Associate Professor
Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Jim Lavery, PhD
Conrad N. Hilton Chair in Global Health Ethics and Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health and Emory Center for Ethics
Kenneth Sherr, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Global Health
University of Washington
Director of Implementation Science at Health Alliance International
Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of California, San Francisco
Patrick Sullivan, DVM, PhD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Travis Sanchez, DVM, MPH
Research Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MSc, MBA
Associate Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
David L. Pelletier, PhD
Professor of Nutrition Policy
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Joshua Rosenthal, PhD
Senior Scientist, Fogarty International Center
US National Institutes of Health