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C-E.A. Winslow Medal to Be Conferred on Dr. William H. Foege on October 28

The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health will confer the C-E.A. Winslow Medal on William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H., Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and a Fellow of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday, October 28 th at 4:00 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium. Dr. Foege will deliver a lecture entitled “Health for Some.”

The award and lecture commemorate the outstanding contributions of Charles-Edward Amory Winslow to public health in the United States. In 1915, he established one of the first public health programs in the U.S. at Yale University, where he served as Department Chairman and Professor for thirty years. Dr. Foege reflects C-E.A. Winslow's ideals and concern for social factors affecting health. He is being recognized for his lifetime of achievements and leadership in epidemiology and public health, and particularly for his eminent role in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox.

In 1966, Dr. Foege joined the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program at the Center for Disease Control, later renamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as an epidemiologist, becoming Director of the CDC's Smallpox Eradication Program in 1970. Following a global vaccination campaign, the disease was eradicated in the late 1970's.

William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H., Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and Fellow of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the 2004 recipient of the C-E.A. Winslow Medal.

Dr. Foege served as Director of the CDC from 1977 to 1983, during which time the agencyresponded to the earliest HIV/AIDS cases. He formed the Task Force for Child Survival and Development with several colleagues in 1984, and the program's success in accelerating childhood immunization led in 1991 to the expansion of its mandate to include other issues that diminish the quality of life for children.

In more than 125 professional publications, Dr. Foege has contributed to our understanding of vaccination strategies against public health threats such as smallpox and measles, child survival and development, injury prevention, and preventive medicine, particularly in the developing August 2, 2005edicine and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and has received honorary degrees from numerous institutions, including Harvard and Emory. He is a recipient of the World Health Organization's Health for All Medal, the Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal and the Center for Disease Control Special Achievement Award.

Everyone is encouraged to attend this special event and the following reception in Harkness Foyer, which are free and open to the public. EPH students will be excused from classes to attend.