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David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture | FIC

Barmes Lecture 2024

Ambassador Dr. John N. Nkengasong

Global HIV/AIDS Response: Then, Now, Future

Watch the June 2024 talk given by Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy.

Read more about Ambassador Dr. Nkengasong

About the Barmes Lecture

The David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture series honors the late David Edward Barmes, special expert for international health at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).

More about David Barmes

Featured Past Lectures

Dr. Jeremy Farrar smiles while standing on stage after presenting the Barmes Global Health Lecture.

2019: Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust

Farrar talked about changes taking place in the world and the challenges they pose for global health.

Paul Farmer speaking at a podium at NIH, slide projected in the background

2016: Paul Farmer, Founder, Partners In Health

Farmer addressed what can happen when communities do, or don't, have what they need to improve health.

Dr. Agnes Binagwaho speaking at a podium, Dr. Francis Collins looks on, slide projected in the background

2015: Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health, Rwanda

Binagwaho shared lessons learned during Rwanda's dramatic recovery from the 1994 genocide.

Archive

2013: Bill Gates, Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Watch: Why the Future Needs Biomedical Innovation.
- Article: Bill Gates celebrates research collaborations with NIH
2012: Mark Walport, Director, Wellcome Trust
- Watch: Global Health: From John Snow to Genome Science
- Article: Genomics is transforming infectious disease studies
2011: Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State
- Watch: PEPFAR: Moving From Science to Program to Save Lives
- Article: NIH research essential to global AIDS relief efforts
2010: Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator
- Watch: Addressing Grand Challenges:The Role of Science in Global Health Development
- Article: USAID's Shah says science key to global health gains
2009: Julio Frenk, former Minister of Health, Mexico
- Watch: Globalization and Health: The Role of Knowledge in an Interdependent World
- Article: Renewed global collaboration on health needed
2008: Harold Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Watch: The U.S. Commitment to Global Health
- Article: Health should be pillar of foreign policy
2007: Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
2006: Barry R. Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health
- Watch: Agendas and Architecture of Global Health Research
2005: Rita Colwell, University of Maryland
2004: Jong-Wook Lee, World Health Organization
- Watch: Health Challenges for Research in the 21st Century
2003: Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
- Watch: Spreading Science Throughout the World: How, Why and When?
2002: Nevin S.Scrimshaw, MIT
- Watch: Determinants of Global Health: Nutrition, Immunity and Infection
2001: Arthur L. Caplan, Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
- Watch: Ethical Issues on the Biomedical Frontier
Videos of all Barmes lectures

Additional Events &Webinars

Webcasts and Videos: View videos and webcasts of selected global health research events.
Events, Conferences and Workshops: Browse Fogarty events, talks, conferences, workshops and observances, as well as other events and important dates related to global health research.

Posters through the years

Barmes Lecture poster of John Nkengasong — 2024: John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomac

Barmes Lecture poster of Jeremy Farrar — 2019: Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust

Barmes Lecture poster of Paul Farmer — 2016: Paul Farmer, Founder, Partners In Health

Barmes Lecture poster of Agnes Binagwaho — 2015: Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health, Rwanda

Barmes Lecture poster of Bill Gates — 2013: Bill Gates, Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Barmes Lecture poster of Mark Walport — 2012: Mark Walport, Director, Wellcome Trust

Barmes Lecture poster of Eric Goosby — 2011: Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State

Barmes Lecture poster of Julio Frenk — 2009: Julio Frenk, former Minister of Health, Mexico

Barmes Lecture poster of Margaret Chan — 2007: Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization

Barmes Lecture poster of Lee Jongwook — 2004: Jong-Wook Lee, World Health Organization