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Fries Prize for Improving Health

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Congratulations to the 2024 Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipient

October 29, 2024
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2024 James and Sarah Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipient

October 28, 2024
Press Release
HIV/AIDS activist Zackie Achmat receives 2024 James and Sarah Fries Prize for Improving Health.
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CDC Foundation Fries Prize for Improving Health Award Recipients

July 31, 2024
Press Release
Zackie Achmat and Reed V. Tuckson selected as recipients for the CDC Foundation Fries Awards for Health.
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Congratulations to 2023 Fries Prize Recipients

November 13, 2023
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2023 Fries Prize for Improving Health Winners

November 12, 2023
Press Release
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.
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Camara Phyllis Jones Receives 2023 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award

March 22, 2023
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Three Public Health Organizations Receive 2022 Fries Prize for Improving Health for Protecting the Health of Americans

November 7, 2022
Press Release
ASTHO, BCHC and NACCHO receive the 2021 Fries Prize for Improving Health.
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Congratulations to APHA, BCHC and NACCHO, 2022 Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipients

November 7, 2022
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Celebrating the Life of Jim Fries and His Commitment to Improving Health

November 17, 2021
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Dr. David Satcher Receives 2021 Fries Prize for Improving Health

October 25, 2021
Press Release
Dr. David Satcher receives the 2021 Fries Prize for Improving Health.
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Congratulations to Dr. David Satcher, 2021 Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipient

October 25, 2021
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Mona Hanna-Attisha to Receive 2020 Fries Prize for Improving Health

October 26, 2020
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha receives the 2020 Fries Prize for Improving Health.
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Former Fries Prize Recipient, Dr. Harvey Alter, Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

October 7, 2020
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Congratulations to Doctors Without Borders, 2019 Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipient

November 5, 2019
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Congratulations to Michael McGinnis, 2018 Fries Prize for Improving Health Recipient

November 12, 2018
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Congratulations to Lex Frieden, 2017 Fries Prize Recipient

November 7, 2017
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Honoring the Life and Legacy of Sarah Fries

May 30, 2017
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Dr. Jonathan M. Samet Receives 2016 Fries Prize for Improving Health

November 17, 2016
Press Release
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.  
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Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Samet, 2016 Fries Prize Recipient

November 17, 2016
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Congratulations to Harvey Alter, 2015 Fries Prize Recipient

October 6, 2015
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Mathuram Santosham Receives 2014 Fries Prize for Improving Health

October 7, 2014
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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.
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The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number

March 3, 2014
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The Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award

Program
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.
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Fries Prize for Improving Health

Program
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.
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