Heroes of Public Health
Our heroes of public health live up to the name.
This list was published on the occasion of the Bloomberg School's 75th anniversary. It includes what many consider to be an impressive list of essential public health leaders and visionaries. Explore the links below to learn more about their stories and contributions.
- Abbey, Helen, ScD
- Andrews, Justin, ScD
- Apgar, Virginia, MD, MPH
- Baetjer, Anna M, ScD
- Bang, Frederik, MD
- Bushel, Arthur, DDS, MPH
- Comstock, George, MD, DrPH, MPH
- Cort, William W., PhD
- Cox, Herald R., ScD
- Dick, George W. A., MBChB, MPH
- Eliot, Martha M., MD
- Freeman, Ruth B., RN, MA, EdD
- Gauld, Ross, DrPH MPH
- Hegner, Robert W., PhD
- Lemkau, Paul V., MD
- McCollum, Elmer V., PhD
- Merrell, Margaret, ScD
- Moses, Bessie, MD
- Nayar, Sushila, MBBS, DrPH, MPH
- Palmer, Carroll E., MD, PhD
- Robbins, Lewis, MD, MPH
- Roizman, Bernard, ScD
- Rouillon, Annik A., MD, MPH
- Soper, Fred, DrPH, MPH
- Stebbins, Ernest L., MD, MPH
- Zachary, Annelies S., MD, MPH
- Asvall, Jo Eirik, MD, MPH
- Brook, Robert, MD, ScD
- Burney, Leroy E., MD, MPH
- Cochran, William G.
- Day, Harry G., ScD
- Edwards, Lydia B., MD
- Grant, John B., MD, MPH
- Hanks, John H., PhD
- Herriott, Roger, PhD
- Howell, William Henry, MD, PhD
- Jungalwalla, Nowshir, MD, MPH
- Kaplan, Emanuel, ScD
- Kaprio, Leo, MD, DrPH, MPH
- Kim, Mo-Im, DrPH, MPH
- Langmuir, Alexander, MD, MPH
- Lilienfeld, Abraham, MD, MPH
- Maxcy, Kenneth, DrPH
- Morgan, Russell E., MD
- Nashio, Yolanda
- Otto, Gilbert, ScD
- Pearl, Raymond, PhD
- Polk, B. Frank, MD, MSc
- Rozeboom, Lloyd E., ScD
- Sigerist, Henry E., MD, PhD
- Welch, William Henry, MD
- Yang, Jae-Moe, MD, MPH, DMSc