J.V. Irons Speakers

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

21^st 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)