To honor Dr. Roger Glass for his commitment to global health research and capacity building. Awards will be presented annually to recognize two individuals for their outstanding contributions to research for improving the health and well-being of persons throughout the world and especially those living in low- and middle-income countries.
To support the assessment on the effectiveness and tangible contributions of Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs), particularly in data collection and outbreak response.
To honor a current or former EIS Officer (within one year of graduation) for the best scientific manuscript submitted to the EISAA Executive Committee for review.
To support utilization of enhanced informatics tools to improve disease monitoring systems in Kenya, including expanding digital infrastructure and monitoring data repository capacity at the Kenya National Public Health Institute.
To honor Dr. Thacker's life and service to public health as well as his passion for the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). Established by the Thacker Family through the CDC Foundation, the fund supports the Stephen B. Thacker Excellence in Mentoring Award, given annually at the EIS conference; CDC's Disease Detective Camps for youth and special projects of the Stephen B. Thacker Library at CDC.
To conduct a pilot evaluation to identify successful actions taken to address bottlenecks in timeliness analysis and investigate barriers faced in implementing actions to inform future strategies in outbreak detection and response. This work will take place in Thailand, Uganda, Mozambique, Philippines, El Salvador and four countries in Central Asia.
To recognize the best collaborative work between epidemiology and laboratory scientists. This award is given out annually at the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference.
To provide a stipend to attend the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference for competitively selected veterinary students, residents or veterinarians who have successfully completed CDC’s Epidemiology Elective Program within five years of their Award year and are interested in applying to the CDC EIS in the near future. The Pappaioanou Award encourages recipients to take the next steps on their journey to becoming leaders in the fields of public health, global health and One Health.
To honor the career of the late Dr. Jonathan M. Mann, this fund supports a lecture administered by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists during their annual conference.
To strengthen laboratory surveillance for pneumococcal meningitis and serotyping in India to understand the impact of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine rollout.
To strengthen the detection and data collection of priority diseases and analysis and utilization data for decision making and linkage to other key disease monitoring and response systems in Zambia.
