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Dr Ken Bridbord and Dr King Holmes are co-recipients of the CUGH 2019 Distinguished Leadership Award

March / April 2019 | Volume 18, Number 2

Dr. Ken Bridbord and Dr. King Holmes are co-recipients of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2019 Distinguished Leadership Award, the organization’s highest honor.

As longtime director of Fogarty’s extramural programs, Bridbord created initiatives that provided research training for 6,000 scientists in low- and middle-income countries. Now retired, Bridbord is a Fogarty senior scientist emeritus.

Holmes, a Fogarty advisory board member and grantee, is professor and founding director of the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. In his more than 50 years of global health research and training, Holmes has collaborated with over 170 trainees and mentees, and has produced some 800 publications.

More Information

• CUGH annual meeting examines implementing solutions for impact
  Mar / Apr 2019 Global Health Matters
• Fogarty’s Dr Ken Bridbord celebrated for 35 years of service
  Jan / Feb 2019 Global Health Matters
• CUGH 2019 Distinguished Leadership in Global Health Awards

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