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Calderone Prize in Public Health
Nomination and Selection
Candidates are nominated for the Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health by a select group of professionals in the public health arena.
The award recipient is then chosen from among all nominees by a 12-member selection committee comprised of, but not limited to, the following representatives:
- the current dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University (to serve as chair of the committee);
- the president, or president elect, of the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH);
- a representative from at least one prominent foundation;
- a representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
- an editor of a prominent public health journal;
- a previous prize winner; a government representative (for example, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene); and,
- a Calderone family representative.
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