Resident Scholar ,Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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DONALD AINSLIE HENDERSON, M.D., M.P.H.
Resident Scholar ,Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
21st Century Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Johns Hopkins University Distinguished Service Professor
Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Pier IV Building, Suite 210
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 April 12, 2004
Telephone: Office: 443-573-3304 Home: (410) 889-2880
FAX: Office:443-573-3305 Home: (410) 889-6514
E-mail:
Place and Date of Birth: Lakewood, Ohio, September 7, 1928
Personal Information: Married: Nana Irene Bragg
Children: Leigh, David, Douglas
SSN: 270-22-2975
Education:
A.B., Oberlin College, 1950
M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1954
M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1960
Honoris causa:
M.D., Universite de Geneve, 1980
LL.D., Marietta College, 1978 University of Minnesota, 2003
L.H.D., State University of New York, 1984 Towson State University, 1994
The Johns Hopkins University, 1994
Sc.D., University of Rochester, 1977 Yale University, 1986
Oberlin College, 1978 Albany Medical College, 1986
University of Illinois, 1979 Lafayette College, 1991
University of Maryland, 1980 University of Missouri, 1992
Positions Held:
1954-1955 Intern in Medicine, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY
1955-1957 Chief, Epidemic Intelligence Service and Assistant to Chief, Epidemiology
Branch, Communicable Disease Center (CDC), Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, Atlanta
1957-1959 Resident in Medicine, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY
1960-1961 Assistant Chief, Epidemiology Branch and Chief, Epidemic Intelligence
Service, CDC
1961-1965 Chief, Surveillance Section, Epidemiology Branch, CDC
1965-1966 Chief, Smallpox Eradication Program, CDC
1966-1977 Chief Medical Officer, Smallpox Eradication, World Health Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland
1977-1990 Dean and Professor of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns
Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
1990-1993 Edgar Berman Professor in International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
1993- University Distinguished Service Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
1991-1993 Associate Director for Life Sciences, Office of Science and Technology
Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington
1993-1995 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Senior Science Adviser,
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington
1998-2001 Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
2001-2003 Director, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness; Principal Science Advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
2003- Resident Scholar, Center for Biosecurity, U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Scientific Awards and Recognitions: (United States)
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2002
National Medal of Science, 1986
National Academy of Sciences, Public Welfare Medal, 1978
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1986
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Member, 1978
American Council on Science & Health, Award for Distinguished Achievement, 2004
The Annapolis Center Science Award, 2000
New York Academy of Medicine, John Stearns Award, 1995
Honorary Fellow, 2000,
The Sylvia and Herbert Berger Award, 2001
Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Foundation, Sabin Gold Medal, 1994
Rotary International, Paul Harris Fellow, 1993
City of Medicine Award, Durham, North Carolina, 1993
Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities, Award of Excellence, 1992
Charles A. Dana Foundation Award for Pioneering Achievement in Health, 1986
Albert Schweitzer International Prize for Medicine, 1985
Blue Cross-Blue Shield, 50th Anniversary Distinguished Service Award, 1979
U.S. Association for the United Nations, Joseph C. Wilson Award, 1978
American Academy of Pediatrics, Honorary Fellow, 1980
American College of Epidemiology, Abraham Lilienfeld Award, 1991
Honorary Fellow, 1997
American College of Physicians, James D. Bruce Memorial Award, 1978
American College of Preventive Medicine, Special Recognition Award, 1992
American Public Health Association, Rosenhaus International Award, 1975
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Walter Reed Medal, 1993
Infectious Diseases Society of America: Society Citation, 1996
Joseph Smadel Medal, 2002
National Council for International Health, Award for Leadership, 1993
University of Rochester School of Medicine, Arthur Kornberg Research Award, 2002
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2003
Brown University, Center for Biodefense, September Eleventh Award, 2003
The Johns Hopkins University: Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1982
Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service, 1992
Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, January 1998
Dean's Medal, School of Medicine, 2002
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Founder’s Award, 1992
Columbia University School of Public Health, Frank Calderone Prize, 1999
University of Kansas, Takeru Higuchi Memorial Award, 1999
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Medal, 1990
Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, Hall of Fame, 1990
Michigan State University, Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service, 1984
National Institutes of Health Alumni Association, Public Service Award, 2003
U.S. Public Health Service:
Surgeon General’s Medallion, 1992, Distinguished Service Medal, 1976
Commendation Medal, 1962
U.S. General Accounting Office, Comptroller General’s Special Recognition, 1986 Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society, Member, 1979
Outstanding Alumnus Award, 1980
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Superior Service Award, 1964, Sustained Superior Performance Award, 1966
Sigma Xi, Member, 1956
AARP, The 50 most Innovative Americans over 50, 2003
Clan Henderson, Order of the Chief, 2002
Scientific Awards and Recognitions: (Other Countries)
The Japan Prize, 1988
Government of Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz Gold Medal of Merit, 1995
Oswaldo Cruz Commemorative Centenary Medal, 2000
Republic of China, Health Medal of the First Grade, 1988
Government of Italy, Ministero della Salute, silver medal, 2004
Government of Uruguay, Medal of Abnegation, 1988
Government of Ethiopia, Medal for Contributions to Health, 1979
Government of Afghanistan, Roghtya Neshan (Health Medal), 1976
Government of India, Special Award, 1975
World Health Organization, Health for All Medal, 1990
Pan American Health Organization, Special Commendation Award, 1990
Hero of Public Health Award, 2002
International Union of Microbiological Societies-Australian Society for Microbiology
Certificate of Merit, 1999
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and D.V.Ivanovsky Institute of Virology
100 Years of Virology Medal, 1999
European Council on Travel Medicine, Ulysses of the III Millenium Award, 2004
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Honorary Professor, 1988
Gairdner Foundation (Canada), International Award of Merit, 1983
Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom,
Faculty of Community Medicine, Honorary Fellow, 1981
Lilly Lecturer, 1998
Royal Society of Medicine:
Edward Jenner Medal, 1996
Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor, 1996
Richard T. Hewitt Award, 1986
Honorary Member, 1980
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, George McDonald Prize and Medal, 1976
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Honorary Fellow, 1993
British Medical Association, Foreign Corresponding Member, 1990
Ernst-Jung Foundation (Germany), Ernst-Jung Preis fur Medizin, 1976
Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases, Special Award, 1975
Commemorative Award of Seventh World Congress of the International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1987
Professional Committees (Present):
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council:
Report Review Committee, 1998-
International Advisory Board, 1998-
March of Dimes, Technical Advisory Committee, 1998-
Prince Mahidol Awards Foundation, International Awards Committee, 1997-
Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Advisory Committee, ,2000-
National Advisory Committee on Public Health Preparedness, Chairman, 2002—
Pan-American Health Organization, Tech. Adv. Group on Vaccines, Chariman1985-
Professional Societies:
American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1963-
American College of Epidemiology, Fellow, 1990; Honorary Fellow, 1997
American College of Preventive Medicine, Fellow, 1978-
American Epidemiological Society, 1963-
American Public Health Association, 1956; Fellow, 1961-
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981-
Indian Society for Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases, Fellow, 1975-
Infectious Disease Society of America, Fellow, 1998-
International Epidemiological Association, 1965-
Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), Fellow, 1986-
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Fellow, 1976
Biographical Listings:
Who’s Who in the World
The International Who’s Who
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology
American Men and Women in Science: Medical and Health Sciences
Dictionary of International Biography
Special Lectureships:
Jenner Memorial Lecture, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK, 1975
James Bordley III Lecture, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown,
New York, 1977
Merck Sharpe and Dohme Lecture, Canadian Public Health Association, Ottawa,
Canada, 1977
Julia M. Jones Memorial Lecture, American Lung Association and American
Thoracic Society, 1979
Joseph C. Wilson Lecture, University of Rochester, New York, 1979
V.W. Scully Distinguished Lecture, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1979
Stephens Lecture, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1980
Harben Lecture, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, London, 1980
Rameshwar Sharma Oration, School of Medicine, Jaipur, India, 1981
Harvard Medical School Bicentennial Speaker, 1982
Oberlin College Sesquicentennial Speaker, 1983
P.D. Agarwal Memorial Oration, Calcutta, India, 1985
National Convention on the Management of Health Systems, Convention Orator,
Jaipur, India, 1985
Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker, 30th Anniversary of Indian Public Health
Association, Calcutta, India, 1985
Eighteenth International Pediatric Congress, Keynote Speaker, Honolulu, 1986
Frontiers of Science Lecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1987
Agaard Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, 1987
Joseph Mountain Lecture, Centers for Disease Controls, Atlanta, Georgia, 1987
Theodore Bloomfield Lecture, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1987
The Japan Prize Lecture, Tokyo, Japan, 1988
Phyllis Lewander Memorial Lecture, Children’s Hospital National Medical Center,
Washington, D.C., 1989
John P. McGovern Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, 1989
Alumni Reunion Lecture, University of Rochester, 1989
Kathryn Boucot Sturgis Lecture, 1990
Thomas Francis Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan, 1990
Alumni Reunion Lecture, Oberlin College, 1990
John R. Hogness Lecture, Assoc, of Acad. Health Centers, Napa, CA ,1991
Child Health 2000 Conference, Plenary Address, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1992
Charles Franklin Craig Lecture, American Society for Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, Seattle, Washington, 1992
Sigma XI Lecture, University of Missouri, 1992
Distinguished Lecturer in International Health, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, 1993
Alumni Reunion Lecture, Oberlin College, 1994
Albert B. Sabin Lecture, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1994
Australian Academy of Sciences, Public Lecture, Canberra, Australia, 1994
Child Health 2000 Conference, Plenary Address, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1995
Frontiers of Science Lecture, University of Florida, 1996
Finnish Medical Association Lecture, Helsinki, 1996
Royal Society (London) Lecture, 1996
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Plenary Address, 1996
Heberdon Society of Cornell University Lecture, 1997
Griswold Lecture, Hartford (CN) Hospital, 1998
Louis Weinstein Lecture, Tufts University-New England Medical Center, 1998
Amberg-Helmholz Lecture, Mayo Clinic, 1999
George Eastman Memorial Lecture, University of Rochester, 1999
Takeru Higuchi Lecture, University of Kansas, 1999
Frank Calderone Lecture, Columbia University School of Public Health, 1999
Rudin Lecture, Columbia University School of Medicine, 2000
James Steele Lecture, U. of Texas School of Public Health, 2000
Sigma Xi Lecture, Queens College, New York, 2000
Mel Reich Lecture, George Washington University, 2000
Stephen and Henry Krop Lecture, Georgetown University, 2000
P.D. Agarwal Memorial Lecture, Jaipur, India, 2001
Sylvia and Herbert Berger Lecture, New York Academy of Medicine, 2001
Voyages of Discovery Lecture, Elon College, Elon, North Carolina, 2002
Theodore Woodward Lecture, U.S.Navy Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine
Program, Norfolk, Virginia, 2002
John R. Hogness Lecture, Association of Academic Health Centers, Washington, 2002
Centennial Lecture, New York State Health Department, 2002
JosephSmadel Lecture, Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2002
John Latta Lecture, University of Nebraska, 2003
Gaylord Anderson Lecture, University of Minnesota, 2003
Ives Townsend Lecture, University of South Carolina, 2003
Anniversary Discourse, New York Academy of Medicine, 2003
John Siegel Distinguished Lecture, New Jersey School of Medicine, 2003
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecturer, University of Arkansas, 2003
Commencement and Convocation Addresses:
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1978
University of California (San Diego) School of Medicine, 1984
Michigan State University School of Medicine, 1984
San Diego State University School of Public Health, 1988
University of Alabama School of Public Health, 1994
Towson State University, 1994
Uniformed Services University (Public Health), 1998
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 2002
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2002
Professional Committees (Past):
American Public Health Association:
Committee on Hepatitis, Chairman, 1961-1965
Multiple Antigen Committee, 1964-1966
Epidemiology Section Council, 1965-1967
Surgeon General’s Advisory Committees on:
Influenza, Secretary, 1961-1965
Measles Vaccines, Secretary, 1963
Immunization Practice, Secretary, 1964-1966
World Health Organization:
Special Committee on Measles Vaccine, Consultant, 1963
Scientific Group on Human Virus Vaccines, Member, 1965
Expert Advisory Panel on Virus Diseases, 1977-2001
Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication,
1978-1980
Program Advisory Group for the Prevention of Blindness, 1978-1982
Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Scientific
and Technological Advisory Committee, 1982-1984
Caribbean Epidemiology Center, Scientific Advisory Committee, 1980-1983
Consultative Group on Poliomyelitis Eradication, Chairman, 1988-1992
Committee on Orthopoxvirus Infections, 1981-1994
Scientific Advisory Group of Experts, Children’s Vaccine Initiative and
Global Program of Vaccination, 1994-1996
Pan-American Health Organization Technical Advisory Group on Vaccines
and Immunization, Chairman, 1985-2003
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences:
Board on Science and Technology in International Development, 1981-1983
Committee on Research Grants, 1982-1983
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences:
Steering Committee for Study on Clinical Investigations in Developing
Countries, 1978-1980
Advisory Committee on Health, Biomedical Research and Development,
Chairman, 1981-1983
Steering Committee, Study of Tropical Diseases, 1984-1987
Committee on the Evaluation of Poliomyelitis Vaccine, 1987-1988
Board on International Health, 1988-1991
Association of Schools of Public Health, Treasurer, 1978; Vice-President,
1981-1982 and 1987-1988; President, 1988-1990
International Association for Maternal and Neonatal Health, Scientific Council,
1981-1990
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Polio Plus Advisory Committee,
1985-1990
Foundation for Development of International Health (Japan), Scientific Consultant,
1990-1991
Association of Academic Health Centers, Task Force on Health Promotion/
Disease Prevention, 1989-1991
AIDS Patient Care magazine, Editorial Advisory Panel, 1987-1991
Government Accounting Office, Research and Education Advisory Panel to the
Comptroller-General, 1977-1986; Advisory Board, Program Evaluation
and Methodology Division, 1988-1991
Department of Health and Human Services:
PHS Hospitals ad hoc Advisory Committee, 1978
Secretary’s Committee on Influenza, Vice-Chairman, 1979
National Ethics Advisory Board, 1977-1980
CDC Programs and Policy Advisory Committee, 1978-1980
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee, CDC, 1982-1986
National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 1988-1989; Chairman, 1990
Secretary’s Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 1989-1990
Department of Defense
Biological Warfare Defense Panel, Member, 1999-2000
Nonproliferation Center Advisory Panel, Member, 1999-2000
Mayor’s Task Force on Environmental Carcinogens (Baltimore), Chairman,
1977-1978
Maryland Society for Medical Research, Inc., Board of Directors, 1978-1991
Population Crisis Committee, Board of Directors, 1981-1991
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Medical Alumni Association, Board of Directors, 1989-1991
Board of Trustees and Chairman of Research Committee, 1995-2001
NASA Planetary Protection Study Group, 1978