CDC Foundation - CDC Foundation Hero Award

CDC Foundation Hero Award

CDC Foundation Hero Award
The CDC Foundation Hero Award was established in 2005 to coincide with the Foundation’s tenth anniversary celebrating “A Decade of Heroes.” The award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to improving the public’s health through exemplary work in advancing CDC’s mission of promoting health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability. How to Nominate Award nominations for the 2010 CDC Foundation Hero Award must be received no later than March 15, 2010. Download Nomination Form Criteria for Nominees A CDC Foundation Hero must have made a significant contribution to improving public health through activities that exemplify CDC’s mission of promoting health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability. Appropriate nominees will have made a significant contribution to improving public health and embody the following characteristics:	CDC Foundation Hero Award Recipients
	2009 William Foege, M.D., M.P.H. Senior Fellow, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Read More
	2008 Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D. Founding Director, Partners In Health Read More
	2007 Sir Michael Marmot, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., F.F.P.H.M., FMedSci, Director of the University College London (UCL) International Institute for Society and Health and MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Read More \| Watch Video
	2006 Raymond J. Baxter, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Community Benefit for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Read More
	2005 Rudy Giuliani 107th Mayor of New York City Read More

Leadership

A creative leader whose commitment to public health stimulates excellence among peers and staff and who has earned the respect of the public health community
A leader who takes an active interest in national or international public health issues and advocates for policies and programs that improve health

Innovation

An individual who has found a new way to address an established public health challenge and whose work has national or global impact
An individual who has reached across established boundaries to form groundbreaking partnerships in pursuit of improved health for an at-risk or vulnerable populati

Scholarship

A thought leader in the public health arena whose commitment to science is foremost and whose scholarly work informs the activities of the public health field
An individual or team who has demonstrated excellence in public health research