7th Matilda White Riley Honors: 2014
Distinguished Lecturer: Samuel Preston, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: Smoking, Obesity, and American Longevity
6th Matilda White Riley Honors: 2012
Distinguished Lecturer: Linda J. Waite, Ph.D.
Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology
The University of Chicago
Presentation: Social Connections and Health
5th Matilda White Riley Honors: 2011
Distinguished Lecturer: John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D.
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor
The University of Chicago
Presentation: Social Isolation and Health
4th Matilda White Riley Honors: 2010
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
3rd Matilda White Riley Honors: 2008
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
2nd Matilda White Riley Honors: 2007
Distinguished Lecturers:
Carol D. Ryff, Ph.D.
Hilldale Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Inaugural Matilda White Riley Honors: 2006
Distinguished Lecturer: David Mechanic, Ph.D.
René Dubos University Professor, Emeritus
Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Presentation: Delivery of Health Care Trends
Strategic Plan Videos
Priority One: Improve the Synergy of Basic and Applied Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials
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