David Hemenway selected as a CDC 20 for 20 Leader in Violence and Injury Prevention
In celebration of its 20th Anniversary, the Injury Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a “20 for 20 Project” which pays tribute “to 20 leaders and visionaries who have had a transformative effect on the field on violence and injury prevention.” The 20 for 20 leaders, selected by a panel of their peers, includes five with connections to the Harvard School of Public Health.
(1) William Haddon, Jr. MD, MPH (deceased, first director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission) and HSPH graduate
(2) Etienne Krug, MD, MPH (Director, Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization) and HSPH graduate
(3) Mark Rosenberg, MD, MPP, former director of the CDC injury center and former HSPH lecturer
(4) Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Public Health at HSPH and former Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, and
(5) David Hemenway, PhD, Professor of Health Policy at HSPH, and Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center.
CDC extends to these leaders “our warmest appreciation for their tireless work and dedication to making the world safer, healthier, and less violent.”
