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 1995    Jody Steinauer 1994    Joshua Sharfstein, AB 1993    Francis Beadle de Palomo 1992    Martin C. Mahoney, PhD 1991    Harold M. Goldstein, MSPH 1990    Marcel E. Salive, MD, MPH 1989    Nancy J. Krieger, PhD 1988    March Sciegaj, BS, MPH 1987    Ronald M. Davis, MD 1986    M. Sue Benford, MA 1985    Dana M. Gallagher, BS, PA 1984    David M. Michaels, MPH 1983    Michael T. Osterholm, PhD 1982    Vivian K. Lin, MPH 1981    Deborah Freund, PhD, MPH 1980    Lawrence R. Berger, MD, MPH 1979    Paul B. Simms, BA