Donald Mackay Medal
The Donald Mackay Medal is awarded for outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating to improvements in the health of rural or urban workers in the tropics.[1] It is named after Donald Mackay, who was deputy Director of the Ross Institute at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
History[edit]
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]
Criteria[edit]
The award criteria are determined by the :
- Trustees of the Mackay Memorial Fund
- Councils of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Recipients[edit]
Medal recipients are:[3]
- 1990: Ralph H. Henderson
- 1991: Brian Greenwood
- 1992: Bernard Kouchner
- 1993: Warren and Gretchen Berggren
- 1994: Jill Seaman
- 1995: Alfred A. Buck
- 1996: Ahmed M. El Hassan
- 1997: Hernando Groot
- 1998: Eldryd H. O. Parry
- 1999: Franklin A. Neva
- 2000: James L. Tulloch
- 2001: Joseph A. Cook
- 2003: Eric Ottesen
- 2004: Alan Fenwick
- 2005: David L. Heymann
- 2006: Paul M. Fine
- 2007: David H. Molyneux
- 2008: Anthony Bryceson
- 2009: Jane Cardosa
- 2010: Tran Tinh Hien
- 2011: David Sack & Bradley Sack, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- 2012: Tewolde Gebremeskel
- 2013: Myron M. Levine, University of Maryland School of Medicine & Gary J. Weil, Washington University School of Medicine
- 2014: Alimuddin Zumla
- 2015: Dennis Shanks, University of Queensland Mayne Medical School and the Australian Army Malaria Institute (AMI).[4]
- 2016 Moses Bockarie
- 2017 Patrick Lammie
- 2018 Ahmed Hassan Fahal, University of Khartoum and Mycetoma Research Center.[5]
- 2019 Christopher King, Case Western Reserve University[6]
- 2020 Eleni Aklillu, Karolinska Institute[6]
- 2021 Philip Thuma, Macha Research Trust[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Donald Mackay Medal". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "ASTMH - Donald Mackay Medal". astmh.org. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Previous medal winners". Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Dr. G. Dennis Shanks presented with medal". Gainesville Times. Retrieved 12 May 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Donald Mackay Medal (RSTMH) awarded to Professor Ahmed Hassan Fahal of the Mycetoma Research Centre in Khartoum". gaffi. 21 September 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Donald Mackay medal". Retrieved Nov 11, 2020.