Chalmers medal obverse
Chalmers medal reverse

The Chalmers Medal is the major mid-career award of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.[1] The Chalmers Medal was initially awarded biennially, then annually, "in recognition of research of outstanding merit contributing to our knowledge of tropical medicine or tropical hygiene"[2] and now "to researchers in tropical medicine or international health who obtained their last relevant qualification between 15 and 20 years ago, allowing for career breaks, who demonstrate evidence of mentoring and professional development of junior investigators, and other forms of capacity-building in line with Dr Chalmers’ own values".[3] It is named in honour of Albert John Chalmers MD, FRCS, DPH, who was acclaimed for his work on tropical medicine on the Indian sub-continent.

The award was established in 1921 following a donation by Mrs Chalmers, the widow of Dr Chalmers, and consists of a silver gilt medal bearing the image of Dr Chalmers and the society's motto Zonae torridae tutamen (Guardian of the torrid zone) on one side, and a representation of Anopheles gambiae above a spray of the cinchona plant on the other.

Recipients

Source: RSTMH

  • 1997 Charles F. Gilks
  • 1998 Richard J. Hayes
  • 1999 Robert W. Snow
  • 2000 Felicity T. Cutts
  • 2000 Alimuddin Zumla
  • 2001 Peter Winstanley
  • 2002 Francois Nosten
  • 2003 David C. Kaslow
  • 2004 Elizabeth L. Corbett
  • 2005 Peter Mwaba
  • 2006 Nicholas P. J. Day
  • 2007 Jeremy J. Farrar
  • 2008 Michael C. English
  • 2009 Vikram Patel
  • 2010 Jurg Utzinger
  • 2011 Christopher Whitty
  • 2012 Stephen Lawn
  • 2013 Joanne Webster
  • 2014 Philip Bejon
  • 2015 Simon I. Hay
  • 2016 Abdisalan Noor
  • 2017 Azra Ghani
  • 2018 Rashida Ferrand
  • 2019 Samson Kinyanjui
  • 2020 Katharina Kranzer

See also

References

  1. "Chalmers Medal 1935 Award". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 28 (4): v–viii. January 1935. doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(35)90146-8.
  2. "Chalmers Medal 1935 award". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 28 (4): v–viii. 1935. doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(35)90146-8. ISSN 0035-9203.
  3. "Chalmers Medal". RSTMH. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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