Calderone Prize

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Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health
Awarded forPublic Health
Date1986
Presented byColumbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Reward(s)$50,000

The Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health is the most prestigious award in the field of public health.[1] It is given every two years by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to an individual who has made a "transformational contribution" in the field.[2] The award is named after Dr. Frank A. Calderone, who after serving as New York City deputy health commissioner, became a leading figure in the World Health Organization (WHO) in its formative years, where he "led a successful global cholera vaccination program."[3] The first Calderone Prize was awarded in 1992.

Award[]

Established in 1986, the award is given to an individual who has "accomplished work of extraordinary distinction in the field of public health or made a specific discovery or contribution that has had long-term national or global implications in such areas as communicable disease, environmental health, epidemiology, social and/or behavioral medicine, health policy, or any aspect of health promotion or disease prevention."[4]

Candidates are nominated and selected by a selection committee, chaired by the dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.[5]

Laureates[]

Source: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Year Laureate Country of origin Background
1992 C. Everett Koop, 1980s.jpg C. Everett Koop  United States
1994 Jonathan Mann  United States
  • Founding Director, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
  • Administrator for the World Health Organization
1996 William H. Foege.jpg William Foege  United States
  • Senior Fellow, Health Policy at the Carter Center
  • Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Senior Medical Advisor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
1999 DAHenderson.jpg D.A. Henderson  United States
  • Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Public Health and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • Dean Emeritus and Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Founding Director, Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies at Johns Hopkins University
2001 Nafis Sadik  Pakistan
2003 Peter Piot.jpg Peter Piot  Belgium
  • Director, Institute of Global Health at Imperial College London
  • Executive Director, UNAIDS
  • Under Secretary-General, United Nations
2005 Mary Robinson (2014).jpg Mary Robinson  Ireland
  • President of Ireland
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Executive Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
2007 Allan Rosenfield  United States
2010 Susan Pardee Baker[6]  United States
2011 Harvey Fineberg.png Harvey V. Fineberg[7]  United States
2014 H. Jack Geiger[8]  United States
  • Founding member and president of Physicians for Human Rights
  • Arthur C. Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine, City University of New York Medical School/Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
2016 Mary T. Bassett[9]  United States
2018 Julio Frenk.jpg Julio Frenk[10]  Mexico
  • President of University of Miami
  • Secretary of Health of Mexico
  • Founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
  • Executive director of evidence and information for policy at the World Health Organization

References[]

  1. ^ "Columbia Calling for Nominees: The Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health". Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ "The Calderone Prize". Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ Wilmont, Sibyl Shalo (2013). "The Calderone Prize in Public Health A Legacy of Legends". American Journal of Public Health. 103 (1): 41–46. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300982. PMC 3518370. PMID 23153163.
  4. ^ "The Calderone Prize". Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The Calderone Prize". Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Susan Baker, Pioneer in Injury Prevention, Awarded Calderone Prize". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Highest prize in public health awarded to Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg". Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  8. ^ Mwamba, Jay. "Sophie Davis Co-founder Awarded Calderone Prize". The City College of New York. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  9. ^ Goldberg, Dan. "In accepting Calderone prize, Bassett highlights racism's impact on public health". Politico. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Dr. Julio Frenk to Receive Frank A. Calderone Prize from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health". ASPPH. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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