Past Recipients
The C.-E.A. Winslow Award was created in 1999 to recognize leading innovators in the public health profession. It is the Yale School of Public Health's highest honor.
Judith Rodin, PhD, 2015
Judith Rodin is president of The Rockefeller Foundation, one of the world’s leading philanthropic organizations. In her Centennial Winslow address, she presented a vision for planetary health for the next century to sustain and advance human health.
Rodin was previously president of the University of Pennsylvania, and provost of Yale University. Since joining the Foundation in 2005, Dr. Rodin has recalibrated its focus to meet the challenges of the 21st century and to support and shape innovations to expand opportunity worldwide and build greater resilience by helping people, communities and institutions prepare for, withstand and emerge stronger from acute shocks and chronic stresses.
A widely recognized international leader in academia, science, and development issues, Dr. Rodin has actively participated in influential global forums, including the World Economic Forum, the Council on Foreign Relations, Clinton Global Initiative, and the United Nations General Assembly. Dr. Rodin is also a member of the African Development Bank’s High Level Panel and a Board member of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (co-created by The Rockefeller Foundation). In November 2012, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo named Dr. Rodin to co-chair the NYS 2100 Commission on long-term resilience following Superstorm Sandy.
Anthony S. Fauci, MD 2015
A centennial recipient of the award, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health. Since his appointment as NIAID director in 1984, Dr. Fauci has overseen an extensive research portfolio devoted to preventing, diagnosing, and treating infectious and immune-mediated diseases. Dr. Fauci also is chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, where he has made numerous important discoveries related to HIV/AIDS and is one of the most-cited scientists in the field. Dr. Fauci serves as one of the key advisors to the White House and Department of Health and Human Services on global AIDS issues, and on initiatives to bolster medical and public health preparedness against emerging infectious disease threats such as pandemic influenza. He was one of the principal architects of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has already been responsible for saving millions of lives throughout the developing world. Dr. Fauci is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his scientific and global health accomplishments, including the National Medal of Science, the Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been awarded 42 honorary doctoral degrees and is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than 1,270 scientific publications, including several major textbooks.
Sir Michael Marmot, 2015
A centennial recipient of the Winslow award, Sir Michael Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for over 35 years. He was Chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), which was set up by the World Health Organization in 2005, and produced the report entitled: ‘Closing the Gap in a Generation’ in August 2008. He conducted a Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010, which published its report 'Fair Society, Healthy Lives' in February 2010. This was followed by the European Review of Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide, for WHO Euro. He chaired the Breast Screening Review for the NHS National Cancer Action Team and was a member of The Lancet-University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health. He is a Principal Investigator of the Whitehall II Studies of British Civil Servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality. He leads the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and is engaged in several international research efforts on the social determinants of health. In 2000 he was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen, for services to epidemiology and the understanding of health inequalities.
Sir Iain Chalmers, 2010
Sir Iain Chalmers founded the Cochrane Collaboration, which has become the leading creator and repository of systematic reviews of evidence-based health care across the entire medical and public health spectrum, was awarded the Winslow Medal in 2010. Today, the Cochrane Collaboration is now a consortium of some 20,000 researchers in 52 review groups. Earlier in this career, Sir Iain trained as an obstetrician, and was responsible for establishing the UK National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, which became the leading research center for studies of pregnant women and infants in Europe. In 2003, he founded the James Lind Library on which he serves as the founding editor. During his career, Sir Iain has published several hundred papers and books. “Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth” is widely recognized as being the first evidence based text book in any medical specialty. “Systematic Reviews” remains the leading text in this area after several editions.
William Foege, 2004
William H. Foege, M.D., emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at the Emory School of Public Health, received the Winslow Medal in 2004. Foege joined the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1966 and directed the Smallpox Eradication Program in 1970. The global vaccination campaign led to the eradication of smallpox in the late 1970s. As director of the CDC from 1977 to 1983, he steered the agency during the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Foege also formed the Task Force for Child Survival and Development in 1984 to accelerate childhood immunization rates and in 1991 broadened its mandate to include other issues that diminish a child’s quality of life. Foege is a fellow of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and his research has been featured in over 125 professional publications.
