May 25, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Third Floor Boardroom

Marian Moser Jones, MPH Ms. Jones is a veteran historian and the author of Protecting Public Health in New York City: 200 Years of Leadership.

June 22, 2005 , 11:30 PM – 1:00 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Charles Hirsch, MD The Chief Medical Examiner for the City of New York, Dr. Hirsch is also a Professor of Forensic Science and Chairman and Professor of Pathology at New York University.

August 4, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Second Foor Auditorium

Marcelle Layton, MD Dr. Layton is an epidemiologist and the Assistant Commissioner for DOHMH's Bureau of Communicable Diseases. Previously, she held fellowships at Yale University and the Centers for Disease Control.

August 24, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Andrew Kolodny, MD A psychiatrist and the Medical Director for Special Projects in the Office of the Executive Deputy Commissioner at DOHMH, Dr. Kolodny leads the Department's Buprenorphine Initiative. Previously, he was a Congressional Health Policy Fellow in the United States Senate.

September 28, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Ezra Susser, MD Dr. Susser is an Author, the Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, a Professor of Psychiatry and the Head of the Department of Epidemiology at New York State Psychiatric Institute.

October 5, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Robert Sullivan A journalist and author, Mr. Sullivan is a contributing editor to Vogue and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. His most recent book is Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants.

October 19, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Ben Miller The former Director of Policy Planning for the NYC Department of Sanitation, Mr. Miller is the author of Fat of the Land: Garbage in New York, the Last Two Hundred Years.

October 26, 2005, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Al Appleton, JD, and Gerard Koeppel A Senior Fellow of the CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, Mr. Appleton served as Commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection and Director of the NYC Water and Sewer System. Mr. Koeppel is a former editor at CBS News and the Author of Water for Gotham.

November 4, 2005, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Steven Schwartz, PhD, is Assistant Commissioner for DOHMH's Bureau of Vital Records..

November 14, 2005, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

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Reginald A. Wilkinson, PhD The Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) since 1991, Dr. Wilkinson is Vice Chair for North America of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) and Chair of the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board. Dr. Wilkinson is also the President and Executive Director of the International Association of Reentry.

March 21, 2005, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Second Floor Auditorium

Laurie Garrett Currently the Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, Garrett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning health and science writer. Her writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Current Issues in Public Health. Her most recent book is Betrayal of Trust.