2016: Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH
- Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Public Health Meets the Problem of the Color Line (PDF)
2014: The late Jack Geiger, MD, M.Sci. Hyg.
- Arthur C. Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine, City University of New York Medical School/Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
The Political Future of Public Health in a Time of Demographic Change (PDF)
2011: Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD
- President, Institute of Medicine
Public Health in a Time of Government Austerity (PDF)
2010: Susan P. Baker, MPH
- Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Founding Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
Injury Statistics, High Risk Groups, and Individuals: Falling through the Cracks (PDF)
Opening remarks by Francesca Calderone-Steichen, MPH (PDF)
2007: The late Allan Rosenfield, MD
- Dean Emeritus, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
“A Vision for Change: Taking a Stand for Women’s Health and Rights” (PDF)
Opening remarks by Francesca Calderone-Steichen, MPH (PDF)
2005: Mary Robinson, MA, LLB
- Executive Director, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
- Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Former President of Ireland
“Making the Right to Health Matter: A Challenge for Schools of Public Health” (PDF)
2003: Peter Piot, MD, PhD
- Director, Institute of Global Health at Imperial College London
- Former Executive Director, UNAIDS
- Former Under Secretary-General, United Nations
“Public Health Plus: Social Mobilization in the Response to AIDS” (PDF)
2001: Nafis Sadik, MD
- Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia
- Former Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
“Saving Women’s Lives: A Public Health Approach” (PDF)
1999: D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH
- Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Public Health and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
- Dean Emeritus and Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University
- Founding Director, Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies at Johns Hopkins University
“Bioterrorism: Myths and Realities” (PDF)
1996: William Foege, MD, MPH
- Senior Fellow, Health Policy at the Carter Center
- Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Former Senior Medical Advisor, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
“Public Health: The Rest of the Story” (PDF)
1994: The late Jonathan Mann, MD, MPH
- Founding Director, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
“The World Health Organization and Global Health: Toward a New World Order?” (PDF)
1992 – The late C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD
- Senior Scholar, the C. Everett Koop Institute, Dartmouth College
- Former Surgeon General of the United States
