Dyar Lecture Dates and Titles

December 6-7, 1994: Calvin W. Schwabe
Faculty Lecture: The Future of Africa’s Pastoral Millions: An Epidemiologist’s View
Student Lecture: Comparative Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Origins of Early Biomedical Theories
December 5-7, 1995: Peter M. Schantz
Faculty Lecture: Of Pigs, Paupers and Au Pairs: The Emergence of Neurocysticercosis in the Unites States.
Student Lecture: Epidemiological Aspects of Parasitic Zoonoses and the Veterinarian’s Role in Prevention
April 8-10, 1997: Martin M. Kaplan
Faculty Lecture: Moral Choices in Science and Technology
Student Lecture: Some Uses and Misuses of Epidemiology
April 23-24, 1998: Jean Blancou, General Director of OIE from 1991 to 2000
Faculty Lecture: The Evolution of Rabies Epidemiology in Wildlife
Student Lecture: The Importance of the Species Barrier in Infectious Diseases
May 11-13, 1999: Wayne Martin
Faculty Lecture: Pursuing Causation: Should Academic Epidemiologists Open the Black Box?
Student Lecture: What Should a Veterinary Epidemiologist Do?
April 26, 2000: Michael T. Osterholm
Faculty Lecture: Bioterrorism: Media Hype or Real Nightmare?
Student Lecture: Emerging Infections Revisited: The Next Chapter
May 30-June 1, 2001: Lonnie J. King
Faculty Lecture: Tuberculosis in Michigan Deer: A Study in Epidemiology and Public Policy
Student Lecture: Microbe Hunters for the 21st Century: Reinventing Epidemiologists
May 8-9, 2002: Marguerite Pappaioanou
Faculty Lecture: Improving Global Health in the 21st Century: Veterinary Medicine Steps Up to the Plate to Protect and Promote Human Health and Well Being
Student Lecture: The Strange Case of the Veterinarian Working in Public Health
May 14-15, 2003 Bryan Perry
Faculty Lecture: Veterinary Epidemiology and its Opportunity for Impact in Africa: The Sky is the Limit
Student Lecture: Proverty Reduction in the Developing World: What Role Can Animal Health Research Play? (Lecture available on UCTV )
May 31 and June 1, 2006 Margaret Slater
Faculty Lecture: Evidence, Epidemiology and Companion Animal Practice: how fun is that?
Student Lecture: Homeless Pets, Health and Changing Public Perceptions (Lecture available on UCTV)

The Dyar Memorial Lecture is hosted by the Department of Population Health and Reproduction. For more information please contact Dr. Philip Kass, Department Chair.