Awards and Recogniton

2011-2012

  • Judith Wasserheit – Appointed to serve on CDC’s Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases through Sept. 30, 2014. The board advises the Health and Human Services Secretary; the CDC Director; the Office of Infectious Diseases Director; and the cirectors of CDC’s three infectious disease national centers: the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, and the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention concerning strategies, goals, and priorities for the programs and research.

2010-2011

  • Stephen Gloyd -- 2010 Edward K. Barsky Award for courageous and effective advocacy for human rights by the Physician’s Forum ( presented at the 2010 American Public Health Association conference Nov. 2010).
  • Mary Anne Mercer – 2010 Board of Directors, WHO-based partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health.
  • Tracy Harachi -- 2011 UW's Outsanding Public Service Award for her role in helping a Cambodian university establish the country’s first college-level social work program.
  • Jared Baeten – 2010 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Young Investigator Award.
  • Andy Stergachis –School of Public Health Community Service Award, Univ. of Washington, 2010 –Member, Advisory Group to Global Alert and Response on Mass Gatherings, WHO.
  • Kathy Neuzil – Infectious Diseases Society of America Joseph E. Smadel Lectur.
  • Tom Hawn –Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigations, Infectious Diseases Society of America Program Committee –Science in Medicine Lecture.
  • Wes van Voorhis –Infectious Diseases Society of America Board of Directors.
  • Judd Walson – Infectious Diseases Society of America Student Fellowship Mentor.
  • Julie McErath – Sr. Vice President Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division Co-Director.
  • Connie Celum –2011 School of Public Health Distinguished Faculty Lecture –National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, AIDS Research Advisory Committee –American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association Career Achievement Award.
  • Elizabeth Bukusi – New Deputy Director for Research and Training, KEMRI Medical Research Institute (Kenya).
  • Patricia Garcia – New Dean, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia School of Public Health.
  • Father Mena Attwa, Coptic Center, Nairobi – School of Public Health Community Partners Award.
  • Ann Downer – School of Public Health Faculty Community Service Award.
  • Pamela Kohler – School of Public Health Kenneth J. Anderson Staff Award.
  • Judith Wasserheit – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AIDS Research Advisory Committee.
  • Six DGH faculty – Members of Instite of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.