Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health

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Selection Advisory Committee (2008-2009)

The following committee assisted President Coleman with identifying Dr. Alfred Sommer as the second recipient of the Thomas Francis Jr., Medal in Global Public Health:

Kenneth E. Warner, Chair
Dean, School of Public Health and Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan

Huda Akil
Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neurosciences, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director and Research Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neurosciences Institute, Medical School, University of Michigan

Robert H. Bartlett
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Medical School, University of Michigan

Sandro Galea
Director, Center for Global Health and Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health; Research Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Margaret K. Hostetter
Jean McLean Wallace Professor and Chair, Pediatrics Chief, Immunology, Physician-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Robert P. Kelch
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Michigan

Howard Markel
George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Director, Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan

Janet Olszewski
Director, Michigan Department of Community Health

Barbara K. Rimer
Dean, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Alumni Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teresa A. Sullivan
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan
Support Staff

Lisa Connolly
Project Manager, Office of the President

Terri W. Mellow
Director of Communications, School of Public Health, Dean's Office