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Visiting speaker presents at annual J. Russell Little, MD Lectureship

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Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, delivered the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture on Tuesday, September 24, 2026.

This year’s J. Russell Little, MD Lectureship, was held on September 24, 2026 at Clopton Auditorium in the Wohl Clinic. Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, Professor of Medicine and Division head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, presented “Ending the HIV Epidemic in the US: Progress, Challenges and Lessons Learned” speaking on the current status of HIV in both the US and Missouri, as well as HIV as a syndemic disease, how innovation can lead to progress and lesson for other chronic diseases. You can watch Dr. Armstrong’s recorded lecture here.

The J. Russell Little, MD Lectureship was initiated in 2023 to commemorate the spirit and the memory of Dr. J. Russell Little. To this end, the theme of the lecture is clinical research and education in infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and antimicrobial resistant infections. The J. Russell Little, MD Lecture is made possible by a generous grant from WashU Medicine alumni William A. Rubenstein, MD. This year’s lectureship is co-sponsored by the Midwest Developmental Center for AIDS Research.

Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, delivered the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture on Tuesday, September 24, 2026.
Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, delivered the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture on Tuesday, September 24, 2026.
Victoria J. Fraser, MD, gave opening remarks at the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
Dr. Armstrong delivered the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
Dr. Armstrong (left) and Dr. Fraser fielded questions during the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture
(Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
Infectious Diseases faculty members at the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
J. Russell Little, MD Lecture attendees included ID faculty members (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
ID faculty member Daniel T. Vo, MD, at the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
ID Division members at the J. Russell Little, MD Lecture (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).
J. Russell Little, MD Lecture attendees included ID Division members (Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2026).

Previous J. Russell Little, MD Lectures

Jun. 2025: Nira Pollock, MD, PhD, MMSc
Co-Director, Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory
Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Dec. 2024: Nadine Rouphael, MD
Professor of Medicine, Sumner E. Thompson, III
Distinguished Professor of Vaccinology and Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Emory University, Atlanta GA
Director, Hope Clinic
Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

May 2024: Gregory P. Bisson, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Senior Scholar,
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Jun. 2023: Amita Gupta, MD, MHS
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Founder and Faculty, Co-chair of the Johns Hopkins India Institute
Professor of Medicine at the JH School of Medicine, with a joint appointment in International Health at the JH Bloomberg School of Public Health