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Sedgwick Memorial Medal

Index Sedgwick Memorial Medal

The Sedgwick Memorial Medal, given by the American Public Health Association, was established in 1929 for distinguished service and advancement of public health knowledge and practice. [1]

21 relations: Abel Wolman, Barry S. Levy, Charles V. Chapin, Dorothy P. Rice, Douglas Kirby, Edward S. Godfrey (physician), Edwin O. Jordan, Howard Koh, John M. Last, José F. Cordero, Lawrence W. Green, Lester Breslow, List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors, List of science and technology awards, Margaret G. Arnstein, Martha May Eliot, Richard Lashof, Richmond, Utah, Victor W. Sidel, William Foege, William Thompson Sedgwick.

Abel Wolman

Abel Wolman (June 10, 1892 – February 22, 1989) was an American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering.

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Barry S. Levy

Barry S. Levy (born 1944) is a physician, a former president of the American Public Health Association.

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Charles V. Chapin

Charles Value Chapin, M.D. (January 17, 1856 – January 31, 1941) was an American pioneer in public health research and practice during the Progressive Era.

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Dorothy P. Rice

Dorothy P. Rice (June 11, 1922 – February 25, 2017) was an American health statistician whose work contributed to the creation of Medicare in the United States.

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Douglas Kirby

Douglas Bernard Kirby, Ph.D. (October 9, 1943 − December 22, 2012) was senior research scientist for ETR Associates in Scotts Valley, California, and one of the world’s leading experts on the effectiveness of school and community programs in the reduction of adolescent sexual risk-taking behaviors.

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Edward S. Godfrey (physician)

Edward Settle Godfrey, Jr. (1878–December 13, 1960), son of Edward Settle Godfrey, was a physician and epidemiologist, the founder of the first epidemiological society in the United States.

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Edwin O. Jordan

Edwin Oakes Jordan (also spelled as Jordon; July 28, 1866 – September 2, 1936) was a prominent American bacteriologist and public health scientist.

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Howard Koh

Howard Kyongju Koh (Hangul: 고경주, Hanja: 高京柱; born March 15, 1952) is the former United States Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009.

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John M. Last

John Murray Last (born 1926) is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Ottawa, is a preeminent Canadian public health scholar, prolific author, scientist and teacher whose reference texts are used by schools of public health as well as community medicine and epidemiology practitioners throughout the world.

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José F. Cordero

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Lawrence W. Green

Lawrence W. Green is an American specialist in public health education.

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Lester Breslow

Lester Breslow (March 17, 1915, in Bismarck, ND, United States – April 9, 2012, in Los Angeles) was an American physician who promoted public health.

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List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors

Before Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadors landed on the island of "Borikén" (Puerto Rico), the Tainos who inhabited the island depended on their astronomical observations for the cultivation of their crops.

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List of science and technology awards

A list of medals, prizes, and other awards in the fields of science, technology, engineering and social science.

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Margaret G. Arnstein

Margaret Gene Arnstein (born October 27, 1904; died 1972) was a nursing and public health advocate.

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Martha May Eliot

Martha May Eliot (April 7, 1891 – February 14, 1978), was a foremost pediatrician and specialist in public health, an assistant director for WHO, and an architect of New Deal and postwar programs for maternal and child health.

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Richard Lashof

Richard K. Lashof (November 9, 1922 – February 4, 2010) was an American mathematician.

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Richmond, Utah

Richmond is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States.

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Victor W. Sidel

Victor W. Sidel (July 7, 1931 – January 30, 2018) was an American physician and a President of the American Public Health Association.

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William Foege

William Herbert Foege M.D., M.P.H. (born March 12, 1936) is an American epidemiologist who is credited with "devising the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s".

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William Thompson Sedgwick

William Thompson Sedgwick (December 29, 1855 – January 25, 1921) was a teacher, epidemiologist, bacteriologist, and a key figure in shaping public health in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedgwick_Memorial_Medal

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