Past Speeches

Davis' speech at Earth Day 2000 celebration

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2007 Events:

Click here for an up-to-date listing of Dr. Davis's previous speaking engagements on
the Center for Environmental Oncology's new website!

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ARCHIVES

Speech at Earth Day 2000 celebration, with Leonardo Dicaprio, Al Gore, and a wide variety of other "big-name" speakers and performers, simulcast world-wide to half a billion listeners:

• view a list of other performers and speakers

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Conference on Comprehensive Cancer Care: Addressing the Environmental Causes of Cancer: hear her speech

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Distinguished Lecture to Congressional and Other Leaders, Smithsonian Institution, Lemelson Center for Innovative and Invention, designated as an innovator on the Environment, June, 1997

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2000 AAAS Meeting Symposia: Global Climate Change and Human Values

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Oberlin College Global Climate Change Symposium, February 24, 2001

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Distinguished Lecture and Invited Special Essay at Macalester University, Patterns of Chronic Disease and Industrial Production as Clues to Sustainable Development for the 21st Century, October 2001

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Dean's Lecture at Harvard University: Future of Public Health, December 2001

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United Kingdon Speaking Engagements
Radio
• BBC Radio London - December 3
• The Jimmy Young Show, BBC Radio 2 - December 5
• BBC Southern Counties - December 5
• BBC Radio Derby - December 6
• Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 - December 11

TV
• The 1 O'Clock News, BBC 1
• Feature on the anniversary of London‚s Smog & interview with Devra.

Other
• The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - December 4
• Talk by Devra Davis, Sir Crispin Tickell & Tom Roper
• The London School of Hygiene: keynote address for conference on environmental health issues and invited book launch commemorating 50th anniversary of London's Killer Smog of 1952-53,  December, 2002.  Contact: Prof. Tony Fletcher, tony.fletcher@lshtm.ac.uk
• World Health Organization Global Summit on Sustainable Development, key author and organizer, for Johannesburg, September, 2002.  Contact: Yasmin von Schirnding, M.D., Ph.D., vonschirndingy@who.ch

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PBS's NOW: With Bill Moyers
January 17, 2003
Devra Davis taped an interview with Bill Moyers which was aired on the PBS program "NOW: With Bill Moyers" on Friday, January 17, 2003.

C-SPAN 2'S "BOOK TV"
January, 2003
C-SPAN 2's "Book TV" taped one of Devra Davis's bookstore events at Olsson's in Washington, D.C.

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January 24, 2002
Politics& Prose, Washington, D.C. (6-8 p.m.)

January 26-February 3
Honorary Professor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London,e vents being arranged with National Clean Air Council, Women's' Environmental Network.

February 9
Heinz History Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, book lecture, signing, and oral history project launched. Fortescue, Ann A.

February 10
Devra Davis will be interviewed about When Smoke Ran Like Water for "The Diane Rehm Show" heard on NPR nationwide, originating at WAMU-FM, Washington, D.C.

February 15-18
Denver American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Tattered Cover bookstore, LoDo location, Denver, Colorado.

February 20
The National Capitol Area Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis
"Risk Assessment When the Stakes are High: Lessons from When Smoke Ran Like Water

February 23
Kehila Chadisha morning talk, with book signing (Hoozsylvia@aol.com)

February 25
Devra Davis interview on EcoTalk.
(Show originates on KZFR-AM (NPR) radio in Chico, CA, and is nationally syndicated on the Pacifica radio network.)

March 5-9
Visiting Professor, Environmental Studies Bowdoin College, Maine

March 8
Keynote address to Toxics Forum - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

March 10-11
Harvard (March 10-11) Keynote Speaker - 17th annual Toxics Action Conference
Northeastern University, Boston

March 11
Dr. Davis will be interviewed by phone for the radio show "EcoNews Report," which is heard in NW California and SW Oregon. The show originates on KHSU-FM (NPR) in Arcata, CA.

March 11
Ray Rickman BookTV, Rhode Island Public Television, 4-5 p.m.

March 11
Central Boston — Seventh Generation function from 6 to 8 pm to celebrate to publication of When Smoke Ran Like Water. Seventh Generation will be providing signed copies of the book and Dr. Davis will speak briefly about some of the most challenging issues facing the health and safety of the world as a result of the profusion of environmental toxins. Anita Lavoie

March 12
The Cambridge Forum - Cambridge, MA

April 3-4
Visit to Bucknell University. Dr. Peter Wilshusen, Environmental Studies Program

April 7
Annual Earth Week Celebration at Thiel College, Howard Miller Student Center. Marianne Calenda

April 8-12
Grand Rounds, Local Motion and other Detroit events - University of Michigan and local hospitals. Dr. Brian McKenna

April 8
Michigan Environmental Council, Surgeon General, Lansing, Michigan.

April 9
Local Motion public lecture.

April 10
Bon Secours Hospital Grand Rounds and Continuing Medical Education

April 10
Barnes and Noble bookstore book signing. Patricia Sikora

April 11
Henry Ford Cancer Center Grand Rounds, Environmental Oncology.

April 11
University of Minnesota, Graduate Seminar, Professor Vincent Garry.

April 11
Interview with Minnesota Public Radio.

April 12
Global Health Forum "Health Professionals as Activists" The Humphrey Institute, University of Minneapolis.

April 12
Living Green Expo - Global Commons keynote address - St. Paul, Minnesota.

April 22
Earth Day events in Philadelphia, including keynoting meeting with University of Pennsylvania, Temple and other local groups

April 23
AFL-CIO noon address with labor history and other groups in Washington, D.C.


April 27
Cornell University, University of Rochester, and Syracuse: series of public lectures, grand rounds, and book signings at Barnes and Noble bookstore.
7-9 pm Book Signing (Barnes and Noble, Pittsford)

April 28-May 1
Cornell University, University of Rochester, and Syracuse University: series of public lectures, grand rounds, and book signings.

Monday, April 28
Meetings with Breast Cancer Coalition
7-9 pm Community Lecture at Rochester Museum and Science Center
Washington, D.C.: The Stop Cancer Before It Starts Campaign Cancer Prevention Coalition Strategy Meeting .

Tuesday, April 29
11-12 pm Scientific Seminar, K207, University of Rochester Medical Center
12:15-1:30 Student Lunch

Wednesday April 30th
12:00-2 pm Lunch at Statler
3:30-4 pm Meet the Author & book signing at Boyce Thompson Institute Atrium
4-5 pm Seminar at Boyce Thompson Auditorium
7:30 pm Women's Community Building
8:00-8:40 pm IBCA talk
8:40-9:15 pm Book signing at IBCA reception

May 1
9-11 am Meet with faculty on campus
12 pm Lecture at Upstate (sponsored by AMSA, Dept. of Pathology, Central NY Occupational Health Center, and ESF Women's Caucus)
1:30 pm Luncheon organized by Shannon Magari at Phoebe's
7:00 pm Border's book signing

May 2-4
Public Interest Research Group in Vermont: keynote speech for "Hope" weekend.

May 6
University of California, Los Angeles— Dr. Davis will present "When Smoke Ran Like Water--lessons for environmental health history?"
Dr. Davis will present historic footage from the killer smog of her hometown of Donora, Pennsylvania and archival photos, in this discussion of some seminal events in the development of environmental health history. She will profile the pioneering work of Drs. Lester Breslow and John Goldsmith in creating standards for air pollutants, the efforts of other unsung heroes of the field, like Mary Amdur, and the critical role that Richard M. Nixon played in launching modern environmental policy. - Book signing

May 9
San Francisco Medical Society — Talk focusing on what is new in the world of cancer and the environment, highlighting new findings in wildlife, developments in transgenic studies, and some of the lessons from When Smoke Ran Like Water.

May 14
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Public Lecture on When Smoke Ran Like Water.

July 17
Geohealth Science Seminar — 1:30 p.m. USGS National Headquarters, Visitor's Center Auditorium

July 30
2003 Conversation Series: Inspiring an Effective Voice for the Earth— Dr. Davis documents how environmental toxins play a role in growing health problems. Murie Center, Moose, Wyoming. Lecture & films, Conversations on the Land and Health.

July 30
Public Talk, Teton County Library, 7:00 p.m.

July 17
Geohealth Science Seminar — 1:30 p.m. USGS National Headquarters, Visitor's Center Auditorium

August 14
Valley Book Store, Jackson, Wyoming. Public Talk and Book, 6:30 p.m.

August 20
New Sisterhood of Breast Cancer, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. New York.

September 13
Healing Journeys — Healing Journey's mission is to promote and support healing by assisting people with cancer or other life-altering illnesses to access their own healing potential and their ability to thrive.

September 21
Baltimore Book Festival — 3:30 p.m., Devra Davis in the Next Big Thing Tent. The Next Big Thing stage affords authors a one-hour time slot to read from their book, discuss it with the audience, entertain Q&A, and sign/sell copies of their work. Contact: April Force Pardoe, Director, Baltimore Book Festival.

October 17 - 19
San Francisco Bioneers Conference. Contact: jisp@mindspring.com.

October 24
Distinguished Scientist Lecture at Bard Collage, and book signing event.

October 25
Third Annual Complementary Medicine Conference
Keynote Speaker, The New Sisterhood of Breast Cancer: Every Woman Belongs. Breast Cancer Options, Bard College, Rhinebeck, NY. Contact: nemiroff@ulster.net, or Eileen Brickner at brickner@bard.edu, or 845-758-7581(phone).

October 27
Book signing at a private home in Newark Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. This event is intended to generate interest in the Coalition of Organizations on the Environment and Jewish Life. Time: 6-8 PM. Contact: adam@coejl.org

November 4
Dr. Devra Davis will address the future business leaders at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Title of her talk will be "When Smoke Ran Like Water." Contact: John Quattrochi, quattroj@wharton.upenn.edu

November 5
Keynote speaker at the 2003 Annual Meeting of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Harrisburg/Hershey Chapter, Harrisburg Marriot Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Time. 6:30PM. Contact: Jim Jones sljejones@att.net.
Dr. Davis introduced by PA Secretary of the Environment.

November 6-7
Department of Environmental Studies and Engineering, Bucknell College, Lewisburg, PA. Contact: Dr. Peter Wilhusen, pwilshus@bucknell.edu, tel: (570) 577-1951.

November 8
Group Against Smog and Pollution Keynote Annual Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.
GASP's Annual Fall Event/Benefit: "Becoming a Health Statistic - Clean Air Under Fire"
5:30 pm to 9:00 pm, Rodef Shalom Congregation, Freehof Hall, 4905 Fifth Ave. (across from WQED in Oakland)
Free test drives in fuel-efficient hybrid electric vehicles, followed by speeches by Devra Davis and Nicholas DiPasquale , PA Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Secretary for Air, Recycling and Radiation Protection

November 9 - 16
Israel Seminar on Global Pollution, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Contact shanna@jfed.org.

November 22 week
Toxic tour of Louisiana Delta. With Florence Robinson, in Baton Rouge. Keynote address to LEAN in Baton Rouge.

December, 2003
Publication of When Smoke Ran Like Water in Japan.

December 12 evening
Keynote address at the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, Washington, D.C. Contact: krentz@visi.com; adam@ncel.net. please see the event flyer for detail.

More invited lectures...

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January 27, 2004
Keynote luncheon address to Women's National Democratic Club. Washington D.c., in collaboration with www.environment2004.org

February 1
Fundraising Brunch for Na'amat, in honor of Jean Langer Davis, at the home of Carol and Daniel Berger, Pittsburgh, PA. Call Dee for reservations 412- 521 5253; NA'AMAT Pittsburgh Council, naamatpgh@hotmail.com

February 2
Seminar on What the lungs tell us-lessons from Donora and London for Kyoto and beyond. 12:00 PM, 60 Haven Ave., B 1, Conference Room 122, New York City, New York. Please see the event flyer. Contact: Ann Hutzelmann, amr4@columbia.edu

February 3
Evening event. The Green Guide, New York City.

February 12-14
Two day conversation on the ties that bind our health to the earth at the National historic Murie Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. the Murie Center, Jackson, Wyoming. Contact: info@muriecenter.org

February 26
Matthew Vassar lecture, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Dr. Davis will talk about her lifelong battle against environmental pollution. Of particular interest to women is Davis's assessment of progress made in uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer and the mounting evidence that synthetic hormones such as those found in pesticides, plastics and fuels may contribute to the development of the disease. The lecture will also cover scientific answers about what we can do to prevent illness.
Please see the event flyer. Contact: Prof. Janet Gray, Program in Science, Technology and Society 845-437-7378 and the office of College Relations: (845) 437-7400


March 1-3
Visiting Professor, South Carolina Consortium on Sustainable Development.

March 10
Seattle Environmental Council.

March 11
Portland Environmental Council.

March 25
Epidemiologist and environmental author Devra Lee Davis has long argued that daily exposure to low levels of pollution contributes to a broad spectrum of diseases and that industry and government have hidden information from the public. Davis will make a case for changing public health policies on March 25 at 12:30 p.m. in Carpenter Auditorium, Given Building, University of Vermont. Click here to view detail.