Omenn Lecture in Environmental Health

Shoreline in Yemen

The 2025 lecture featured Dr. Rita Colwell and was titled "Oceans, climate and health: The cholera model"

This annual lecture honors Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn, former dean of the UW School of Public Health. It is sponsored by the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences.


Watch the 2025 Omenn Lecture, given by Dr. Rita Colwell — Oceans, climate and health: The cholera model

 


Watch the 2024 Omenn Lecture, EPA and Public Health: Investing in All of Us, given by Casey Sixkiller

 


Watch the 2023 Omenn Lecture featuring Dr. Lynn R. Goldman, dean of George Washington University School of Public Health 

 


Watch the 2021 inaugural Omenn Lecture featuring Dr. Linda Birnbaum, former director, NIEHS