Donald Mackay Medal

Dr Donald Mackay was deputy Director of the Ross Institute at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He worked for many years in tropical occupational health, especially on the tea plantations of South Asia. He died in 1981.

Donald Mackay Medal

The Donald Mackay Medal is awarded in his honor for outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating to improvements in the health of rural or urban workers in the tropics.[1]

The award criteria are determined by the :

The medal is awarded annually, by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in even-numbered years by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in odd-numbered years. It was first awarded in 1990.[2]

Recipients[3]

2014 Alimuddin Zumla

2013 Myron M. Levine University of Maryland School of Medicine & Gary J. Weil Washington University School of Medicine

2012 Tewolde Gebremeskel

2011 David Sack Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & R. Bradley Sack Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

2010 Tran Tinh Hien

2009 Jane Cardosa

2008 Anthony D.M. Bryceson

2007 David H. Molyneux

2006 Paul M. Fine

2005 David L. Heymann

2004 Alan Fenwick

2003 Eric Ottesen

2001 Joseph A. Cook

2000 James L. Tulloch

1999 Franklin A. Neva

1998 Eldryd H. O. Parry

1997 Hernando Groot

1996 Ahmed M. El Hassan

1995 Alfred A. Buck

1994 Jill Seaman

1993 Warren and Gretchen Berggren

1992 Bernard Kouchner

1991 Brian Greenwood

1990 Ralph H. Henderson

References

  1. ↑ "Donald Mackay Medal". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "ASTMH - Donald Mackay Medal". astmh.org. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Previous medal winners". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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