2023 James R. Wright, Jr, MD, PhD Lecture - What Do You Know? Evidence-Based Medicine and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Please join the Medical Heritage Center for the 2023 Third Annual James R. Wright, Jr., MD, PhD Lectureship Series, featuring Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD.

How to Attend

Thursday, April 20, 2023
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. EDT

In-person attendance includes reception at 4 p.m.
Ross Heart Hospital Auditorium
Columbus, Ohio

In-person attendance registration: go.osu.edu/wrightinperson

Virtual attendance registration: go.osu.edu/wrightvirtual

Contact Kristin Rodgers with any questions.

About the Lecture

Building on a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, this talk explores using the United States Preventive Services Task Force as a test case to explore the successes and limitations of evidence-based medicine. Who gets to say what the best evidence is?

About Barron H. Lerner

Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine and population health at the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine. He received his MD from Columbia in 1986 and his PhD in history from the University of Washington in 1996. In addition to his research, Lerner practices internal medicine and teaches medical ethics and the history of medicine. Lerner is the author of five books, including The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America, which won the William Welch award from the American Association for the History of Medicine. Lerner has also published extensively in scholarly journals and contributes essays to the “Well” blog section of the New York Times, Slate and the Washington Post, among others. He has also appeared on numerous NPR broadcasts, including “Fresh Air,” “All Things Considered” and “Science Friday.”

About the James R. Wright, Jr, MD, PhD Lectureship

Established with gifts from James R. Wright, MD, PhD, this lectureship focuses on the history of pathology and other medical history topics.