Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award
The Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award was established to recognize the career of a promising young public health professional or student. The award was officially established in March 1979 by Peter Drotman, MD, MPH in memory of his late brother and is presented annually by the American Public Health Association.
Jay S. Drotman, MSPH, was a 27-year-old health planning consultant who was killed in a commercial airline mid-air collision in 1978. An honors graduate in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, Mr. Drotman received his master’s degree from Harvard University School of Public Health. He was an active member of APHA and his last paper was delivered posthumously at the 1978 APHA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
Previous Winners
2015 Sara E. Roszak, MPH, MA 2014 Jacqueline M. Cutts, MPH 2013 Lawrence C. Loh, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC 2012 Mariana Clair Arcaya, MCP 2011 Scott Michael Robertson, MHCI 2010 Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz, PhDc, MPHE, CHES 2009 Branden Pfefferkorn, MD, MPH 2008 Tracy L. Finlayson, PhD 2007 Jay D. Bhatt, MPH 2006 Hossein Bahrami, MD, MPH 2005 Yogindra S. Samant, MBBS, MPH 2004 Christopher L. Day, MPH 2003 Denys T. Lau, PhD 2002 Debra Houry, MD, MPH 2001 Elizabeth Fair, MPH 2000 Jennifer B. Unger, PhD 1999 Aun Lor, MPH 1998 Jay Bernhardt, MPH 1997 Cliff Akiyama |
1996 Leslie Kantor, MPH |