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Deadline: March 16
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Purpose
The ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow designation formally recognizes individuals who have made eminent contributions to a particular aspect of tropical medicine and global health. Nominees are expected to be leaders in their field, making seminal contributions over their career, typically over decades, as evidenced by research and publications, clinical acumen, public health policy, and/or education. Their contributions will have fundamentally changed understanding of disease or health outcomes or developed capacity to do so.
Eligibility
Nominations are limited to non-U.S. citizens. Individuals who maintain dual or multiple citizenship which includes U.S. are not eligible and self-nomination is not allowed. Nominations of candidates from low- and middle-income countries are encouraged but not required. Individuals nominated but not selected may be renominated, with the new nomination clearly detailing additional nominee activities that meet the criteria. The nominator must be an ASTMH member but membership or previous engagement with the Society is not required of nominees.
Questions? Contact Buffy Finn, Membership, Subgroups and Courses Manager
Recipients
2025
Richard Allan, France
Quique Bassat, Spain
Daniel Boakye, Ghana
Kelly Chibale, South Africa
Chetan Chitnis, France
Colleen Lau, Australia
Mauricio Nogueira, Brazil
Punnee Pitisuttithum, Thailand
Takafumi Tsuboi, Japan
2024
Kwaku Poku Asante, Ghana
Mauricio Barreto, Brazil
Christopher Drakeley, United Kingdom
Fyezah Jehan, Pakistan
Claudio Lanata, Peru
Joel Tarning, Thailand
Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Dem. Republic of Congo
Monique Wasunna, Kenya
2023
Subash Babu, India
Alan Cowman, Australia
Patricia Graves, Australia
Jennifer Keiser, Switzerland
Marcelo Labruna, Brazil
Maria Anice Sallum, Brazil
Eli Schwartz, Israel
Mauro Teixeira, Brazil
2022
Susan Charman, Australia
Philippe Guerin, United Kingdom
Alex Loukas, Australia
Don Mathanga, Malawi
Daouda Ndiaye, Senegal
John Reeder, Switzerland
Maria Carla Saleh, France
Maria Shikanai Yasuda, Brazil
2021
Qun Cheng, Australia
Abdoulaye Djimde, Mali
Ourmar Gaye, Senegal
Esper Kallas, Brazil
John Mackenzie, Australia
Didier Menard, France
Paul Newton, Laos
Peter Piot, United Kingdom
2020
Nadira Karunaweera, Sri Lanka
Suma Krishnasastry, India
Karin Leder, Australia
Peter Leggat, Australia
Ric Price, Australia
Vasanthapuram Ravi, India
David Schellenberg, United Kingdom
Njeri Wamae, Kenya
2019
Tahmeed Ahmed, Bangladesh
Martin Grobush, Netherlands
Clara Menendez, Spain
Pascal Ringwald, Switzerland
Allan Saul, Italy
2018
Nicholas Anstey, Australia
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Pakistan
Rose McGready, Thailand
Feiko, ter Kuile, United Kingdom
Pedro da Costa Vasconcelos, Brazil
2017
Peter Kremsner, Germany
James McCarthy, Australia
Jean Jacques Muyembe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Jeffrey Shaw, Brazil
Shyam Sundar, India
2016
Graham Brown, Australia
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira*, Brazil
Ogobara Doumbo, Mali
Rashidul Haque, Bangladesh
Ayoade Oduola, Nigeria
2015
John Aaskov, Australia
Fred Binka, Ghana
Ana Flisser, Mexico
Jorge Kalil, Brazil
Rose Leke, Cameroon
2014
Delia Enria, Argentina
Akira Ito*, Japan
David Molyneux, United Kingdom
Mitermayer Reis, Brazil
Samba Sow, Mali
2013
Pedro Alonso, Spain
Edgar Carvalho, Brazil
Francois Nosten, Thailand
Francisco Pinheiro*, Brazil
Firdausi Qadri, Bangladesh
2012
Alan Fenwick, United Kingdom
Aldo AM Lima, Brazil
Kevin Marsh, Kenya
Marcel Tanner, Switzerland
2011
Tran Tinh Hien, Vietnam
Selma M.B. Jeronimo, Brazil
2010
Donald Peter McManus, Australia
Geoffrey Pasvol, United Kingdom
2009
Brian Greenwood, United Kingdom
Ralph Lainson*, Brazil
2008
Pierre Ambroise-Thomas*, France
Anastacio Sousa, Brazil
2007
R.E Sinden, United Kingdom
Robert Swanepoel, South Africa
2006
Michael Francis Good, Australia
John Horton, United Kingdom
2005
Robert Killick-Kendrick*, France
Nicholas J. White*, Thailand
2004
Karl H. Rieckmann, Australia
Pradeep Seth, India
2003
Brian Duke, United Kingdom
David A. Warrell, United Kingdom
2002
Eduardo Gotuzzo, Peru
2000
Ananda Nisalak, Thailand
Francoise Portaels, Belgium
1999
Anthony Bryceson, United Kingdom
1998
Aluizio Prata*, Brazil
1997
Richard G.A. Feachem, United States
Mamoun A. Homeida, Sudan
1996
Antoine Degremont, Laos
Giovanni Gazzinelli*, Brazil
1995
Wallace Peters*, United Kingdom
1994
Andre R. Capron*, France
Sir Ian McGregor*, United Kingdom
Louis E.R. Molineaux*, Switzerland
1993
Michael P. Alpers, Australia
Ho Wang Lee, South Korea
1991
Zilton De Araujo Andrade*, Brazil
Tore Godal, Switzerland
Leonardo Mata*, Costa Rica
1990
Zbigniew Pawlowski, Poland
1988
Herbert M. Gilles, United Kingdom
1987
Edito G. Garcia*, Philippines
Adetokunbo Lucas*, Nigeria
1986
Pieter G. Janssens*, Belgium
1984
Chin Thack Soh*, Korea
1982
Jacinto Convit*, Venezuela
Hui-Lan Zhong*, Peoples Republic of China
1981
Hernando Groot*, Colombia
1980
Vesenjak Jelka*, Croatia
1979
Chamlong Harinasuta*, Thailand
1971
Manabu, Sasa*, Japan
1963
Hsien-Chen C. Hsieh, Taiwan R.O.C.
Those with an * are deceased.