All Lectures

2023-25: When Law, Ethics & Medicine Collide

A close up of a doctor holding a patient's hand
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
White female patient consulting with Black doctor
Friday, November 1, 2024, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
A doctor holding a patient's hand
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom

2022-23: COVID Consequences

large group of people blurred in background with spider graphic over top
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
Globe surrounded by COVID-19 Virus.
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom

2020-22: COVID Controversies

Cover of "Getting to and Sustaining the Next Normal"
Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
COVID-19 virus
Friday, October 29, 2021, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
Syringe extracting COVID vaccine from glass vial.
Monday, August 23, 2021, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
COVID virus magnified
Friday, January 8, 2021, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
Scientist in a clean room looks through a microscope.
Friday, October 16, 2020, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom
COVID-19 Webinar Series
Friday, August 28, 2020, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom

2019-20: Speaking Science in Public Controversies

Kasisomayajula Viswanath, PhD
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Dietram A. Scheufele, PhD
Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2018-19: Consumer-Driven and DIY Science: Promise & Peril

Lisa Ikemoto, JD, LLM
Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Michael Imperiale, PhD
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Sharon F. Terry, MA
Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union

2017-18: Antibiotic Resistance: Policy Challenges & Solutions

H. Morgan Scott, DVM, PhD
Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Martin J. Blaser, MD
Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union

2016-17: Emerging Diseases in a Changing Environment

Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, FACP
Thursday, April 13, 2017, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Prof. Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD
Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Andrew Dobson, DPhil
Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union

2015-16: Microbiome Research & Microbiota Therapeutics

Diane E. Hoffmann, JD, MS
Thursday, April 21, 2016, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Stacy A. Kahn, MD
Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union
Alexander Khoruts, MD
Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Best Buy Theater, 4th floor, Northrop Auditorium

2014-15: Facing the Challenge of Genome & Exome Sequencing

Muin Khoury, MD, PhD
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Best Buy Theater, Northrop Auditorium
Rex Chisholm, PhD
Thursday, March 12, 2015, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Heidi L. Rehm, PhD, FACMG
Thursday, February 12, 2015, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Best Buy Theater, Northrop Auditorium

2012-13: Neuroscience & Public Policy

Natasha Dow Schüll
Thursday, February 28, 2013, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Laurence Steinberg, JD
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Coffman Memorial Union Theater

2011-12: Food Safety: Coping with Domestic & International Challenges

Jorgen Schlundt, PhD
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
St. Paul Student Center Theater
Robert Brackett, PhD
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

2010-11: From Climate Change to the Gulf Oil Crisis: Law & Science in Times of Crisis

Daniel Bodansky, JD
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Daniel Farber, JD
Thursday, October 7, 2010, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

2009-10: How Internet and Computer Capacity are Changing Policy Issues & Solutions in Biomedicine

Alexander Capron, LLB
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Andrea M. Braverman, PhD
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI
Thursday, October 29, 2009, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2008-09: Synthetic Biology: The Science, Ethics & Law of Creating New Life

Drew Endy, PhD
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Coffman Memorial Union, Campus Club Conference Rooms A & B
Arti K. Rai, JD
Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union
Robert Friedman, PhD
Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union

2007-08: Emerging Debates on Oversight and Policy in Biomedicine & the Life Sciences

Patricia A. King, JD
Thursday, March 6, 2008, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union
Debora Spar, PhD
Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union
Suzanne Hunt, MA
Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, St. Paul Student Center

2006-07: Nutrigenomics, Nutraceuticals, and Direct-To-Consumer Marketing of Genomic Nutritional Profiling

José Ordovás, PhD
Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
St. Paul Student Center Theater
David Castle, PhD
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
St. Paul Student Center Theater
Mark Blumenthal
Saturday, November 4, 2006, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union

2005-06: Societal Implications of New Developments in Neuroscience

Prof. Martha Farah, PhD
Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Owen D. Jones
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Michael Gazzaniga, PhD
Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2004-05: Stem Cells in Science & Society

R. Alta Charo, JD
Wednesday, April 20, 2005, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Janet D. Rowley, MD
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Evan Snyder, MD, PhD
Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2003-04: Cutting-Edge Issues in the Conduct of Human Subjects Research

David Korn, MD
Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union
E. Haavi Morreim, JD, PhD
Wednesday, December 3, 2003, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA
Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union

2002-03: Issues in Public Health and Personal Privacy

Ronald Bayer, PhD
Wednesday, April 9, 2003, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School
Allan M. Brandt, PhD
Wednesday, December 4, 2002, 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School
Wendy K. Mariner, JD, MPH, LLM
Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School

2001-02: The Revolution Under Way in Genetic, Reproductive, and Stem Cell Technologies

Don Wolf, PhD
Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Lori B. Andrews, JD
Wednesday, November 28, 2001, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
George Annas, JD, MPH
Wednesday, October 10, 2001, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mondale Hall, Room 25, University of Minnesota Law School

2000-01: Ecology and Biotechnology

Kristin Shrader-Frechette, PhD
Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time
Mark Sagoff, PhD
Wednesday, December 6, 2000, 12 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Sheila Jasanoff, JD, PhD
Wednesday, September 13, 2000, 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central Time