Author Archives: The John Snow Society

2012: Tom Frieden – What pump handles need to be removed to save the most lives in this century?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by The John Snow Society
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2011: Hans Rosling – Epidemiology for the Bottom Billion – where there is not even a pump handle to remove!

Posted on September 8, 2011 by The John Snow Society
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2010 David Nabarro: Sapiens, Synergy, Solidarite, Success

Posted on September 9, 2010 by The John Snow Society
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2009 David Heymann: When Nature turns cook- The epidemiologist’s feast

Posted on September 9, 2009 by The John Snow Society
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2008 Professor Patrick Wall: Food Safety – Media based or Risk Based controls?

Posted on September 9, 2008 by The John Snow Society
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2007 D A Henderson: Polio Eradication, a reconsideration of strategy

Posted on September 9, 2007 by The John Snow Society

D.A.Henderson, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Honorary Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

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2006 Dr Jamie Bartram: Drinking Water- Where Science Meets Policy

Posted on September 9, 2006 by The John Snow Society

The Pumphandle lectures for the John Snow Society have covered a wide range of topics on the prevention or understanding of disease, but few have been so pertinent to the pumphandle theme as that chosen by Dr Jamie Bartram, Coordinator … Continue reading →

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2005 Dr Tore Godal: Everything is Impossible until it has been done

Posted on September 9, 2005 by The John Snow Society

Dr Tore Godal is Ex-Director of the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Pictures from round the world:

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2004 Dr Alain Moren: Challenges for field epidemiology training in a widening Europe

Posted on September 9, 2004 by The John Snow Society

The Pumphandle Lecture series always features a great lecturer and the speaker for the sesquicentenary, Dr Moren, was very appropriate, demonstrating that epidemiology is now a pan-European expertise. Training is essential to maintain and improve the skills of future epidemiologists … Continue reading →

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2003 Dr Mike Ryan: Epidemics in the 21st Century, the lesson of SARS

Posted on September 9, 2003 by The John Snow Society

On 22 September 2003, Dr Mike Ryan gave the 11th annual John Snow Society Pumphandle Lecture at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In the last half of the 20th century, following the development of modern antibiotics and … Continue reading →

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