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Nobel Prize Winner Katalin Karikó, PhD, and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS, RET), today received the 2023 Fries Prize for Improving Health. Karikó was honored for persevering through years of challenges to pioneer work in advancing the mRNA platform, the discovery of which has changed the vaccine field. Schuchat was honored for turning science into impact by preventing infant deaths due to Group B Streptococcal (GB

/PRNewswire/ -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) and the National Association of County...

/PRNewswire/ -- Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, MPH, advocate for health equity, today was awarded the 2022 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award. Israel is a...

/PRNewswire/ -- David Satcher, MD, PhD, 16th U.S. surgeon general, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and founder of the...

Leading Authority on American Indian and Alaska Native Health Spero Manson Receives 2021 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award News provided by Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Spero M. Manson, PhD, a leading authority with respect to American Indian and Alaska Native health, today was awarded the 2021 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award. Manson is a distinguished professor and the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus where he directs the Cen...