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
Distinguished Lecturer: Samuel Preston, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Presentation: Smoking, Obesity, and American Longevity
Distinguished Lecturer: Linda J. Waite, Ph.D.
Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology
The University of Chicago
Presentation: Social Connections and Health
Distinguished Lecturer: John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D.
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor
The University of Chicago
Presentation: Social Isolation and Health
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
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
Distinguished Lecturers:
Carol D. Ryff, Ph.D.
Hilldale Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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
