Harry Guess Memorial Lecture

Since 2008, the UNC Student Chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology has sponsored the Harry Guess Memorial Lecture. This lecture series was conceived of by UNC students to honor Dr. Guess, who built the UNC pharmacoepidemiology program, and to remember his outstanding dedication to teaching and mentoring. We hope that this lecture series continues to be a moment where we can pay tribute to our roots as a program and Dr. Guess’ unique and lasting contribution.

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Previous speakers:

2024	Sebastian Schneeweiss MD ScD, Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Learning from emulating randomized trials for the conduct of pharmacoepidemiologic studies. A recording is available here
2023	Nancy Dreyer, PhD, MPH, FISPE, Chief Scientific Officer Emerita, IQVIA Real World Solutions, Using person-generated health data in pharmacoepidemiology: Power to the People
2022	Cynthia Girman, DrPH, FISPE, Founder and President CERobs Consulting LLC, Electronic health records and administrative claims in drug development: Will FDA get beyond the wards to make it worth the effort?
2021	Dr Robert Glynn, ScD, Professor of Biostatistics Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Interplay between observational and randomized perspectives in evaluation of drug efficacy and safety, flyer

2020	Dr Sonia Hernández Díaz, MD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Drug safety in pregnancy: challenges and solutions in the modern era of pharmacoepidemiology, flyer
2019	Dr David Graham, MD, MPH, FDA Office of Drug Safety, Observational data, effectiveness, and real-world evidence: How do we get there from here?
2018	Dr. Richard Platt, MD, MSc, Department Chair of the Department of Population Medicine, and Executive Director of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Building a Learning Health System: How Harry Guess Helped Lay the Foundation, flyer
2017	Dr. Susana Perez-Gutthann, MD, PhD, MPH, FISPE, Global Head Epidemiology RTI Health Solutions, Looking Behind the Codes: Differences between health care systems and the importance of conducting validation studies, flyer
2016	Miriam Sturkenboom, Erasmus University Medical Center- Rotterdam, Distributed Data Models Applied to Global Vaccine Issues, (video)
2015	Nancy Santanello, The Role of Epidemiology in the Pharmaceutical Industry – 1985-2015, flyer
2014	Malcolm Maclure, University of British Columbia, Compromising on Rigor to Encourage Participation? Applying Epidemiologic Methods in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, flyer, (video)
2013	Alexander M. Walker, Principal, World Health Information Science Consultants, LLC, Equipoise (video)
2012	Elizabeth Andrews, RTI Health Solutions, How Can Pharmacoepidemiology and Data Privacy Protections Co-exist? Historical Perspective, Creative Responses (video)
2011	Wayne Ray, Vanderbilt University, Improving Automated Database Studies of Therapeutic Interventions(video)
2010	Stephen Evans, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Scientific Integrity : Pressure Points for Epidemiology(video)
2009	Kenneth Rothman, Boston University, Reconciling Conflicting Results from Epidemiologic Studies
2008	Brian Strom, University of Pennsylvania, What Are Our Drugs Truly Doing To Our Patients? Lessons from Pharmacoepidemiology