The most prestigious lectureship of the University is named in honor of the former Deputy Secretary of Defense (1969 to 1971), co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the second president of the Uniformed Services University, serving from 1976 to 1981. Lecturers are selected and invited by the Faculty Senate on behalf of the University.
Packard Lectures
Year Lecturer
2024 Dr. Donald Berwick
2023 Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci
2021 Dr. Robert Gallo
2020 Dr. Randy Schekman
2019 Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D
2018 Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
2017 Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., FAED
2016 Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D.
2015 Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.
2014 Brent C. James, M.D., M. Stat
2013 Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.
2012 Murray F. Brennean, M.D
2011 Lena M. Napolitano, M.D.
2010 Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.
2009 Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.
2008 Gerald R. Crabtree, M.D.
2007 Sydney Brenner, Ph.D.
2006 CAPT David Rutstein, M.D. USPHS
2005 Gregg Anders, COL, MC, USA
2004 Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
2002 Kenneth M. Ludmerer, M.D.
2001 Wayne Hockmeyer, Ph.D.
2000 David P. Stevens, M.D.
1999 Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker
1998 Francis D. Moore, M.D.
1997 Michael DeBakey, M.D.
1996 Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
1995 David A. Kessler, M.D.
1993 Philip R. Lee, M.D.
1991 VADM James Zimble, MC, USN
1990 Arnold Relman, M.D.
1988 ADM James D. Watkins, USN
1988 Robert Petersdorf, M.D.
1987 C. Everett Koop, M.D.
1986 Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.
1985 Enrique Mendez, M.D.
Lecture Title
Patient Experience, Patient Safety, and Provider Well-Being: Associations and Paths for Improvement
Activating Natural Killer and T cells to Induce T cell Memory for the Treatment of Cancer: The Cancer Moonshot
COVID-19: Progress and Priorities in the 3rd Year of a Historic Pandemic
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Rewriting the Code of Life: The CRISPR Genome Editing Future
Using Fixed Circuits to Generate Flexible Behaviors
Unlearning - the hardest thing to do. Changing Perceptions of Eating Disorders with Science
Prions Causing CTE and the Discovery of anti-Tau Prion Therapeutics
Ebola and Other Global Health Threats: Past, Present, and Future
We Count Our Successes in Lives: The Best Clinical Result at the Lowest Necessary Cost
Blue Marble Health and the Neglected Tropical Diseases
Lessons Learned as a Surgical Oncologist
Blood and Blood Product Transfusion: Current Evidence and Clinical Outcomes
From Molecules to Minds: The Unfolding Saga of Neurobiological Circuits in Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases
The Future of Military Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
Understanding the Words of Chromatin Remodeling
Humanity's Genes
Interagency Collaboration During Public Health Emergencies: A New Paradigm
Storms in the Ethosphere: Medical Ethics and War
Advances in Crossing the Quality Chasm
The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education
Perspectives in Biotechnology
The Future of Medical Education: Bytes, Ticks, and Finding Your Way
The Federal Advisory Committee on Gender Integration in (Military) Training and Related Issues
New Kinds Of War: New Kinds of Peace
History, the Torch that Illuminates Lessons From Military Medicine
Radical Surgery: What's Next for America's Health Care
Accelerating Approval for Drugs for Serious and Life-Threatening Diseases
Re-Inventing Public Health
Navy Medicine Goes to War, A Time for Evaluation, Reflection and Discussion
Scientific Misconduct
AIDS: The Political, Ethical and Social Aspects
Some Issues in Graduate Medical Education
The Current Crisis in AIDS
The Complexity of Biological Systems
Teaching Humanism to Medical Students
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