![Dr. David Mechanics](/sites/obssr/files/David-Mechanics-150x150.png)
Distinguished Lecturer: David Mechanic, Ph.D.
Renè Dubos University Professor, Emeritus
Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Presentation: Delivery of Health Care Trends
![Carol D. Ryff, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/ryff_head-255x300-150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturers:
Carol D. Ryff, Ph.D.
Hilldale Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
![Burton H. Singer, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/singer_b-ss-150x150.png)
Burton H. Singer, Ph.D.
Charles and Marie Robertson, Professor of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Co-Presentation: Integrative Health: A Pathway Approach
![John B. McKinley, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/John-B.-McKinley-Ph.D.-150x150.png)
Distinguished Lecturer: John B. McKinlay, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director
New England Research Institutes, Inc.
Presentation: Looking for Causes in All the Wrong Places: Upstream Social Determinants of Downstream Health Disparities
![Laura L. Carstensen](/sites/obssr/files/Laura-L.-Carstensen-150x150.png)
Distinguished Lecturer: Laura L. Carstensen, Ph.D.
Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy and Professor of Psychology
Stanford University
Presentation: Cultural Characteristics: Longevity, Quality of Life, Social Change, and Social Support
![John Cacioppo](/sites/obssr/files/John-Cacioppo-150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D.
Tiffany & Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor
The University of Chicago
Presentation: Social Isolation and Health
![Linda Waite Linda J. Waite, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/Linda-Waite-Linda-J.-Waite-Ph.D.-150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Linda J. Waite, Ph.D.
Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology
The University of Chicago
Presentation: Social Connections and Health
![Samuel Preston](/sites/obssr/files/Samuel-150x150.png)
Distinguished Lecturer: Samuel Preston, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: Smoking, Obesity, and American Longevity
Distinguished Lecturers: Kevin Volpp, M.D., Ph.D.
Founders President’s Distinguished Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: Behavioral Economics and Health Delivery
![Picture of Jeanne Brooks Gunn](/sites/obssr/files/Jeanne-Brooks-Gunn-150x150.png)
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child and Parent Development and Education Columbia University
Presentation: Childhood Well-being and Disparities
![Dr. Caryn Lerman](/sites/obssr/files/caryn-lerman-150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Caryn Lerman Ph.D.
John H. Glick, M.D. Professor In Cancer Research, Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: Bridging Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Research to Advance the Treatment of Tobacco Dependence
2016 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![Mark Hayward, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/Mark-Hayward-150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Mark Hayward, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Austin
Presentation: Reimagining the Dynamic Association between Education and U.S. Adult Mortality in a Fast Changing Policy Environment
2017 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![Terrie Moffit, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/Moffit-150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Terrie E. Moffitt, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Presentation: A Good Childhood Is a Smart Investment
2018 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![Mark Van Landingham](/sites/obssr/files/inline-images/MarkVanLandingham_150x150.png)
Distinguished Lecturer: Mark J. VanLandingham, Ph.D.
Thomas C. Keller Professor
Director, Center for Studies of Displaced Populations
Tulane University
Presentation: Culture and Resilience: Insights from the Vietnamese American community in post-Katrina New Orleans
2019 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![Toni Antonucci Winkleman](/sites/obssr/files/inline-images/Toni-Antonucci-Winkleman150x150.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Toni C. Antonucci, Ph.D.
Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology
Program Director and Research Professor
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Presentation: Social Relations and Structural Lag: A Brave New Age
2020 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![Anne Case, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/inline-images/Anne_Case_Photo_150px.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Anne Case, Ph.D.
Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus
Princeton University
Presentation: Death by Degree: U.S. Mortality in the 21st Century
2021 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H.](/sites/obssr/files/inline-images/david-williams-150_0.png)
Distinguished Lecturer: David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Florence & Laura Norman Professor of Public Health
Chair, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Harvard Chan School of Public Health Professor of African and African American Studies
Harvard University
Presentation: The Virus of Racism: Understanding its Threats, Mobilizing Defenses
2022 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees
![Jennifer J. Manly, Ph.D.](/sites/obssr/files/inline-images/Manly_color_crop_0.jpg)
Distinguished Lecturer: Jennifer J. Manly, Ph.D.
Professor, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease & the Aging Brain,
Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Presentation: Lifecourse Social and Structural Mechanisms of Inequalities in Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
2023 Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees