Previous Speakers at the Charles C. Shepard Science Awards

The keynote speaker at the Charles C. Shepard Science Awards is one with a message relevant to today's CDC, who is highly regarded in his or her field of scientific endeavor, and one with a talent for engaging a broad audience. Previous keynote speakers have included world-class scientists who have addressed science issues relevant to today's changing world.

2010-Present

2012

James S. Marks, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President and Director
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Group

2011

Brian M. Greenwood, MD, CBE, FRCP, FRS
Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine
London School of Hygene & Tropical Medicine,
University of London

2010

John Holdren, PhD
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology

2000-2009

2009

Paul Krugman, PhD
Professor of Economic and International Affairs
Princeton University

2008

Neal Nathanson, M.D.
Associate Dean, Global Health Programs
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

2007

Professor Sir Michael Marmot MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci
Director: International Institute for Society and Health
MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London

2006

Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: Lessons from a National Mobilization

2005

Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D
Institute of Medicine
The National Academies
Science, Policy, and Public Trust

2004

Shiriki Kumanyika, PH.D., M.P.H.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Obesity, Health Disparities, and Prevention Paradigms: Hard Questions and Hard Choices

2003

Jo Ivey Boufford, M.D.
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Health
New York University School of Medicine
Assuring the Public’s Health in the 21st Century: A Research Agenda

2002

Marc L. MIringoff, Ph.D
Fordham Institute of Innovation in Social Policy
Fordham University Graduate Center
The Social Determinants of Health

2001

Jeffery D. Sachs, Ph.D
Harvard University
Reinvigorating the Fight against Disease in the Developing World

2000

Lynn R. Goldman, M.D. M.P.H., M.S.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Health of the World

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1990-1999

1999

Steven N. Blair, P.E.D.
Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research
Physical Inactivity as a Public Health Problem

1998

Frederick P. Rivara, M.D., M.P.H.
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Injury Control―The Uses of Science for Prevention

1997

David R. Cox, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
The Human Genome Project and Human Disease

1996

Walter E. Massey, Ph.D.
Morehouse College
Science―The (Ever-Expanding) Endless Frontier

1995

Nancy S. Wexler, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Uncongenial Genealogies: Prediction and Protection in the Public Interest

1994

Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D.
University of California at San Francisco
HIV Prevention Programs in Research: What Have We Accomplished and Where Do We Need to Go?

1993

W. French Anderson, M.D.
University of Southern California School of Medicine
The Scientific, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues of Gene Therapy

1992

Barry R. Bloom, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Revisiting Mycobacteria

1991

Lawrence K. Altman, M.D.
The New York Times
Science and the Media

1990

Purnell W. Choppin, M.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Role of a Private Medical Research Organization in Biomedical Research and Education

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1986-1989

1989

Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D.
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Lipoprotein Receptors: A Genetic Defense against Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis

1988

David Baltimore, Ph.D.
Whitehead Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Genetics and Modern Disease

1987

Frank Press, Ph.D.
National Academy of Sciences
DNA in Washington

1986

James O. Mason, M.D.
Centers for Disease Control
CDC

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