The Dean Thomas W. Mou Lectureship was established in 1985 by Dr. Mou's friends and colleagues, honoring him on his retirement as the Dean of the of West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston Division. Dr. Mou was the second Dean of the School of Medicine Charleston Division, serving from 1976 until 1985. Under his leadership the Charleston Division experienced remarkable growth. Upon his retirement, a lectureship was established in his name to honor his contributions to Charleston area clinicians.

Year Winner Title Lecture Title
2007 Sally Davis, PhD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Director, Prevention Research Center; University of New Mexico Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children--Lessons Learned
2006 Jerome P. Kassirer, MD

Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Professor, Case Western Reserve University; Former editor, New England Journal of Medicine How Financial Conflicts of Interest Can Bias our Medical Information
2005 Robert Anda, MD, MS

Co-Principal Investigator, ACE; Centers for Disease Control, Kaiser Permanente ACE--Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
2004 Edward H. O'Neil, MPA, PhD

Director, Center for Health Professions; Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Dental Public Health, University of California San Francisco Leveraging Strategic Change from the crisis in US Health Workforce
2003 Thomas Sinks, PhD

Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control Frontline of public health: the alert clinician
2002 Harold G. Koenig, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine; Director, Center for Study of Religion/Spirituality and Health, Duke University Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine: How are they related & what does it mean?
2001 J. Michael Gaziano, MD
 Associate Professor of Medicine 
Harvard Medical School;
Director of Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston		 Physicians Health Study: After 20 years
2000 not given   n/a
1999 Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH University of Pittsburgh Measurement of Atherosclerosis and Prevention of Heart Disease
1998 Jeremy Sugarman, MD Duke University Med. Center Clinical Research Ethics
1997 Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH Univ. of Washington/Seattle How Can Clinicians Incorporate Research Advances into Practice
1996 Patrick Brill-Edwards, MD
 Associate Professor of Medicine
McMaster University		 Evidence-based Medicine
1995 Clifford Kuhn, MD
 Professor of Psychiatry
University of Louisville		 Lighter Side of Medicine
1994 Bette-Jane Crigger, PhD Editor, Hastings Center Report n/a
1993 George Lundberg, MD Editor, JAMA Outcomes Research: potential and limitations
1992 Tom Nesi President, TJN Communications Dealing with the Media: health professionals guide to disclosing research data
1991 Gerald Crabtree, MD
 Howard Hughes Investigator
Stanford University		 n/a
1990 George A. Hedge, MD
 Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies
WVU School of Medicine		 Research issues for the 1990s
1989 Alan Meisel, MD
 Professor of Law
University of Pittsburgh		 Withdrawal of Life Support Measures: Ethical/Legal Problems
1988 John D. Rockefeller, IV Senator  n/a
1987 June Osborn, MD
 Dean, School Public Health
University of Michigan		 Trouble in the Human Family
1986 Daniel Federman, MD
 Dean of Students & Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School		 Medical Education and Patient Care in the New Competitive Environment

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