3/8/1973
James H. Steele, DVM, MPH
UT School of Public Health Houston
A Look into the Future
3/7/1974
Robert Kokernot, MD, Chairman, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Texas Tech School of Medicine
Tribal man as an Epidemiologist
3/6/1975
A.B. Rich, DVM, Director of Veterinary Public Health, Texas Department of Health
History of the SW Conference of Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man
3/15/1976
H.H. Malherbe, PhD
SW Foundation for Research and Education
Emergent Viral Zoonoses
3/10/1977
Charles LeMaistre, PhD, Chancellor of the University of Texas System, Austin
Things Visited Upon People
3/30/1978
John Scanlon, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
The Future of Tropical Medicine
3/29/1979
James Moulder, PhD, Professor of Biology, University of Chicago
Can Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Be Studied in a Single-Cell Model
3/27/1980
Charles Shepard, PhD, Chief, Leprosy and Rickettsial Branch, CDC, Atlanta
The Evolution of Evolving Infectious Diseases
3/19/1981
Allan Barnes, PhD, Chief, Vectorborne Disease Division, CDC, Fort Collins
Plague
3/25/1982
Charles Lankford, PhD, University of Texas, Austin
What is Cholera?
3/24/1983
William McCulloch, DVM, Director, Center for Comparative Medicine, Texas A&M University
The Human Animal Bond
3/22/1984
Peter Schantz, VMD, PhD, Division of Parasitic Diseases, CDC, Atlanta
Current Concepts in Toxicaral Larva Migrans
4/10/1985
Allan M. Barnes, PhD, Chief, Plague Branch, CDC, Fort Collins
Bubonic Plague: Biological Behavioral Aspects of an Increasing Problem in the Western United States
4/9/1986
Willy Burgdorfer, PhD, Scientist Emeritus, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Lyme Disease: History and the Search for the Etiological Agent, Borrelia burgdorferi
4/2/1987
S. S. Kalter, PhD, NIH/WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
The Current Status of Non-Human Primate Zoonoses
5/20/1988
Sanford A. Miller, PhD, Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
6/1/1989
Lester Crawford, DVM, PhD, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
The Public Health Imperative
6/28/1990
Daniel Fishbein, MD, Medical Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
Human Ehrlichiosis in Perspective
6/6/1991
Robert Bernstein, MD, Texas Commissioner of Health
Comments on the Future of Public Health
6/4/1992
William Rosser, DVM, MA, Chief, Veterinary Public Health, Texas Department of Health
The Zoonoses: How Far Should We Go
4/8/1993
George Baer, DVM, MPH, Chief, Rabies Section, CDC, Atlanta
Oral Rabies Vaccination: The Past, Present, and Future
4/6/1994
Charles Rupprecht, VMD, PHD, Chief, Rabies Section, CDC, Atlanta
6/6/1995
Jerry Jaax, DVM, Director, Biological Arms Control Treaty Office, Fort Detrick, Maryland
The Hot Zone, Revisited
6/7/1996
Ralph T. Bryan, MD, Medical Epidemiologist, CDC, Atlanta
The Western Hemisphere Perspectives of Hantavirus Disease
6/5/1997
David R. Smith, MD, President, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Of Mice, Men, and Mayhem: Emerging Infections
6/3/1998
David L. Huxsoll, DVM, PhD, Director, USDA Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Biological Warfare: An Old Problem with New Concerns
5/25/1999
Theodore J. Cieslak, MD, Operational Medicine Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) Fort Detrick
A Primer on Bioterrorism
3/29/2000
Robert McClean, PhD, Director, National Wildlife Health Center
The Investigation and Discovery of West Nile-like Virus in the U.S.
6/1/2001
Charles Sweet, PhD, Retired Director of Laboratories, Texas Department of Health
From Germ Warfare to Bioterrorism in Two Generations
6/6/2002
Herbert L. DuPont, MD, Kelsey Professor of Medical Sciences, Epidemiology, UT Houston Medical School and School of Public Health
Campylobacter jejuni: An Important Emerging Pathogen
6/26/2003
Kelley J. Donham, MS, DVM, Director, Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
21st Century Challenges in Rural and Agricultural Medicine
6/3/2004
David Walker, MD, Director, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, UT Medical Branch
Human Ehrlichioses: These Highly Prevalent Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases Are Poorly Recognized
6/2/2005
Neville Clark, Director, Institute for Countermeasures Against Agricultural Bioterrorism, Texas A&M
Agricultural Bioterrorism
8/2/2006
Gregory Gray, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa College of Public Health
The Potential for Animal to Human Transmission: Science versus Speculation
6/12/2007
Brett Iverson, PhD, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin
Back to the Future: Engineered Antibodies to Treat Anthrax
4/23/2008
Leon Russell, DVM, MPH, PhD, President, World Veterinary Association
Neglected Zoonoses: The Teeter-Totter Effect
6/2/2009
Laura Kramer, PhD, Director, Arbovirus Laboratories, New York State Department of Health and Professor, School of Public Health, State University of New York,
A Global Perspective on Emerging Mosquito-borne Diseases
6/09/2010
Colonel Ted Cieslak, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, Department of Defense/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Bioterrorism Response for Healthcare Workers: A 10-Step Approach
6/15/2011
Sharon M. Derrick, PhD, Forensic Anthropology Division, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Houston, Texas
From Colonial Plague to Influenza H1N1: The Multiple Roles of the Anthropologist in an Urban Medical Examiner Office
6/21/2012
Rodney E. Willoughby, Jr., MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Update on Rabies Therapy (Milwaukee Protocol)
6/20/2013
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Blue Marble Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases
6/26/2014
Eleanor Green, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
ONE HEALTH: Human Health, Animal Health, and the Intersection of Health with Natural and Man-Made Environments
5/21/2015
James W. LeDuc, PhD; Director, Galveston National Laboratory; Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, UT Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Ebola – The Saga Continues
5/26/2016
Ian Tizard, BVMS, PhD, ACVM, DSc, Distinguished Professor of Immunology and Richard M. Schubot Professor of Exotic Bird Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Keep Your Mouth Shut! Wild Birds as a Source of Bacterial Zoonoses
5/25/2017
Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD, Associate Vice-Chair for Research for the Department of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Faculty and Academic Development for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
The Hunt for Zebras: How Can We Optimize Detection of Emerging Pathogens?
5/24/2018
Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director and Local Health Authority, Harris County Public Health
One Health: Theory to Practice
5/30/2019
Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP
Private Medical Consultant
Management of Adult and Pediatric Patients with North American Pit Viper Envenomation
2020 - Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 - No J.V. Irons Lecture (Virtual Conference)