People in the global health news - December 2020

Fauci recognized for public service

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has received a lifetime achievement award from the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. Fauci was also honored recently by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene for outstanding service to the global public as a trusted voice in science.

• Dr Anthony Fauci...honored for unwavering commitment to U.S. global leadership on World AIDS Day
  U.S. Global Leadership Coalition news, December 1, 2020
• Tribute Celebration: 25 Years of Building a Better, Safe World Together [Video]
  U.S. Global Leadership Coalition news, December 1, 2020
• Outstanding Service to the Global Public as a Trusted Voice in Science award
  American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) via Twitter, November 15, 2020

Pinn honored as pioneer in women’s health research

The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation has recognized the achievements of Dr. Vivian Pinn with its Alma Dea Morani, MD Renaissance Woman Award. Pinn was the first director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health at the NIH where she continues to serve, most recently as a Fogarty senior scientist emerita.

• Event: Women in Academic Medicine: Leadership and Intersectionality Matter
  New York Academy of Medicine, November 19, 2020

Pettigrew receives NSB’s Vannevar Bush Award

The National Science Board (NSB) has presented Dr. Roderic Pettigrew with its prestigious Vannevar Bush Award for his public service and scientific contributions. Pettigrew was founding director of the NIH’s National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

• Vannevar Bush Award given to Roderic Pettigrew, innovator in biomedicine and technology
  National Science Board news, September 28, 2020

ASTMH awards medal to NIH grantee Happi

Dr. Christian Happi, director of the African Centre for Excellence for the Genomics of Infectious Disease, has been awarded the Bailey K. Ashford Medal by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Happi is a professor at Redeemer’s University in Nigeria.

• About the Bailey K. Ashford Medal from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Accepting the 2020 Bailey K. Ashford Medal
  Christian T. Happi via Twitter

HHS presents service medal to Ohene-Frempong

Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong has received the HHS’s Assistant Secretary of Health Exceptional Service Medal for his outstanding contributions to alleviating global suffering from sickle cell disease (SCD). A professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, he has dedicated his 40-year career to finding a cure for SCD.

• HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health presents award to Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
  HHS news, October 15, 2020

WHO Foundation names Soni inaugural CEO

The WHO Foundation has appointed Anil Soni as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2021. The Foundation, an independent grantmaking agency headquartered in Geneva, was launched in May 2020 to work alongside the WHO. Soni joins the Foundation from Viatris, a global healthcare company, where he was head of infectious diseases.