Past Lectures
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Past Lectures

The Society delivers two special lectures at its annual conference, the Cochrane and the Pemberton lectures. In both cases the Society invites a guest speak to present on a topic or research project.

The Cochrane Lecture was introduced in 1990 to honour the memory of Archie Cochrane, whilst The Pemberton Lecture was started in 2007 in honour of John Pemberton, the founder of the Society in 1956.

Details of the Cochrane and Pemberton Lecturers since 1990 can be found below

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2025
Pemberton Lecture
Translating epidemiology into public health action
Speaker: Nick Wareham, Director, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
Cochrane Lecture
The Evidence Foundations of a Good Society
Speaker: Kate Pickett, University of York
2024
Pemberton Lecture
Epidemiology: past, present – and future?
Speaker: Hazel Inskip
Cochrane Lecture
Randomise until it hurts
Speaker: John Lynch
2023
Pemberton Lecture
A Future for our Children?
Speaker: Anthony Costello
Cochrane Lecture
Evidence, the population and its individuals
Speaker: Margaret McCartney
2022
Pemberton Lecture
A little less association, a little more action: new approaches to implementing and evaluating early life interventions
Speaker: John Wright
Cochrane Lecture
Covid19 and Covid recovery: Working together across sectors
Speaker: Linda Bauld
2021
Pemberton Lecture
Unequal Pandemic: COVID-19 and Health Inequalities
Speaker: Clare Bambra
Cochrane Lecture
Applying behavioural science to managing COVID-19
Speaker: Susan Michie