by Craig Boerner | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, 9:01 AM
William Schaffner, M.D., professor of Preventive Medicine, is this year’s recipient of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 2015 John Snow Award, a longstanding award given in recognition of “enduring contributions to public health through epidemiologic methods and practice.”
Schaffner, who was selected by the Awards Committee of the APHA’s Epidemiology Section, received a large cast bronze plaque with an image of John Snow on Nov. 2 at the APHA Annual Meeting in Chicago.