"Eras in Epidemiology: Embracing our Past to Chart the Future," the program for the Saxon Graham Lecture. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

Jo Freudenheim, chair EEH, opens the Saxon Graham Lecture with remarks and awards. The lecture is named in honor of Graham, an accomplished epidemiologist who chaired the department, then known as the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, from 1981-91. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

John Vena, a UB epidemiology alum and former faculty member, delivers the Saxon Graham Lecture. Vena is currently professor and founding chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

Saxon Graham lecturer John Vena discussed the first known case of typhoid fever in Western New York as part of his lecture. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

Day Two of 100th anniversary celebration weekend featured a symposium in Hayes Hall. Katia Noyes (blue dress at the front of room), professor of EEH and director of EEH's Division of Health Services Policy and Practice, gave an overview of the department. Photo: Douglas Levere

Moyses Szklo, professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, gave the plenary address, "Snippets of the past and hopes for the future." Photo: Douglas Levere

Associate Professor Lina Mu discusses EEH. Photo: Douglas Levere

Gary Giovino, professor of community health and health behavior, and associate dean for faculty affairs in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, offers a comment. Photo: Douglas Levere