| CLF’s Director Robert Lawrence Receives APHA’s Highest Honor Robert S. Lawrence, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future (CLF), has been presented with the Sedgwick Award Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health, the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) oldest and most prestigious award. The award was established to recognize distinguished service to public health. Lawrence was presented with the award at the Public Health Awards Reception & Ceremony on November 11 in Philadelphia, Pa., at the close of APHA’s 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition. “Dr. Lawrence has worked to expand access to health care to the poor and racial minorities in the United States, investigated and promoted human rights internationally, taught and established programs in human rights and public health and provided cutting-edge leadership on the intersection of agricultural policy and environmental protection,” said APHA executive director Georges Benjamin MD, FACP, FACEP. “APHA could not have selected a better recipient for this award. Throughout his career, Bob Lawrence has been an inspiration to thousands of students and worked tirelessly to promote policies that protect health, the global environment and sustain life for future generations,” said Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “I am deeply honored by this award and especially humbled to be sharing this recognition with previous Hopkins recipients Wade Hampton Frost, Abel Wolman, and Fred Soper,” Lawrence said.....Read More..... |
