The annual J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture is the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions signature lecture. Started in 2003 and named for the college’s founding dean, the lecture focuses on contemporary health issues bringing renowned experts to the Georgia State campus. The college selects key leaders to discuss issues with broad appeal for diverse audiences, which include our students, alumni and community leaders.
Previous Haverty Lecture speakers
2003 Richard D. Krugman, M.D. — Dean, University of Colorado, School of Medicine “Children’s Health Issues, Policies and Practices: The U.S. and Abroad”
2004 Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. — Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Protecting Our Children’s Health in a Small and Transforming World”
2005 Karen Davis, Ph.D. – President, The Commonwealth Fund “Achieving a High Performance Health System”
2006 Helene D. Gayle, M.D. — President and CEO, CARE, USA “Global HIV/AIDS: The Impact on Women and Children”
2007 William D. Novelli — CEO, AARP “Healthcare and Financial Security: Divided We Fail”
2008 Sudhir A. Venkatesh, Ph.D. — William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology, Columbia University “Living Off the Books: Underground Economies and Household Management Among the Urban Poor”
2009 Otis W. Brawley, M.D. — Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society “Health Disparities in Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Outcomes”
2010 Richard Gelles, Ph.D. — Dean, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania “At the Cross Roads: Intervening and Preventing Family Violence and Abuse”
2011 Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. — Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University “The Courageous Action Needed to Reverse Childhood Obesity”
2012 Harvey Fineberg, Ph.D. — President, Institute of Medicine “Essential Leadership for Health Care in a Global Society”
2013 Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States and co-founder of The Carter Center
Mary Jo Larson, Ph.D., M.P.A. — Senior scientist, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Michael Schoenbaum, Ph.D. — Senior Advisor for Mental Health Services, Epidemiology, and Economics, National Institute of Mental Health “Myths and Misconceptions About Mental Health in Military Veterans”
2014 Ruth Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H. — Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director, The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics “Henrietta Lacks: Ethics at the Intersection of Health Care and Biomedical Science”
2015 Susan Dentzer — Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “The Big Ripples in the Health Care Pond: What Do They Mean For Health Care and Education?”
2016 Patrick Reynolds — Executive Director, the Foundation for a Smokefree America
Michael Eriksen, Sc.D. — Dean and Regents’ Professor, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
Corrinne Graffunder, Dr.P.H. — Director, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “Change Agents in Business, Government, and Research: A Battle for a Smoke-Free Society”
2017 Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D. — Chairman, Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute, School of Public Health, George Washington University “Health Disparities: Origins, Challenges, and How We Can Close the Gap”
2018 Jennifer Arnold, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.A.P., Medical Director, Simulation Center, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital “The Power To Heal, the Courage To Be Humble”
2019 Joy Doll, O.T.D., O.T.R./L. — Executive Director, Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research, Creighton University “Removing Healthcare Silos: Lessons Learned in Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare”