Nobel Prize Winner Katalin Karikó, PhD, and former CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS, RET), received the 2023 Fries Prize for Improving Health.
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S., today received the 2016 Fries Prize for Improving Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for his pioneering research and decades of advocacy on the negative impacts of air pollution on health.
Mathuram Santosham, M.D., M.P.H., received the Fries Prize for Improving Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for his research and contribution in fighting the deadly Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease.
To recognize an individual who has made major accomplishments in health improvement with emphasis on recent contributions to health in the United States, and with the general criteria of the greatest good for the greatest number.
To recognize a health educator who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health education or health promotion through research, program development or program delivery.
