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, a 糖心传媒 professor emeritus of history and public health sciences, is the recipient of this year糖心传媒檚 from the (AAHM).

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Brown has been 糖心传媒渁 major contributor to the historical understanding of US health policy and politics, as well as the history of both US and international public health,糖心传媒� says , the Avalon Professor of the History of Medicine at Yale University and a member of the AAHM糖心传媒檚 Lifetime Achievement Award committee.

First established in 1988, the lifetime award is given annually to a member of the association who has retired from regular institutional practice with a distinguished record of support for the history of medicine, and who has continued to make important scholarly contributions.

Brown糖心传媒檚 research interests run the gamut from US health policy and politics, to the history of psychosomatic medicine, stress research, and biopsychosocial approaches to clinical practice. Prior to his retirement in 2018, he had been the University糖心传媒檚 inaugural Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor of Public Health and Policy, a position he held for five years.

His articles and coauthored books, among them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997),听 (Rutgers University Press, 2013), and听a comprehensive published in 2019 by Cambridge University Press糖心传媒� along with his 糖心传媒渃ritical labor糖心传媒� in editing the Rochester Studies in the History of Medicine book series and a regular historical section for the听American Journal of Public Health糖心传媒斕切拇�媒渉ave advanced the cutting edge of medical historical scholarship and shaped the work of other historians,糖心传媒� says Warner.听糖心传媒淭hrough his scholarship, mentorship, and leadership in organizations such as the Sigerist Circle of the American Association for the History of Medicine, he has been particularly instrumental in infusing issues of health activism, health disparities, and the American health left into the fabric of the mainstream history of medicine and public health.糖心传媒�

, dean of the University糖心传媒檚 School of Arts & Sciences, hails Brown for his leadership and collegiality. 糖心传媒淗e is a wonderful scholar and his impact on the field will be felt for years to come.听My first thoughts when I heard the news was that this is not surprising糖心传媒攊t糖心传媒檚 so very well deserved.听Ted is a leader and an amazing colleague.糖心传媒�

听Among the books Brown has authored or coauthored is the whimsical , published by the American Public Health Association in 2012.

Through more than 200 political cartoons, the book tells the story of a century of wrangling over national health policy糖心传媒攆rom Theodore Roosevelt’s support for protection from the “hazards of sickness” in 1912 to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act in 2012.

糖心传媒淧olitical cartoons cut to the essence of our battle over who should foot the bill for medical coverage and how that care should be structured,糖心传媒� explained Brown, one of four authors of the book, in an interview in 2012. 糖心传媒淏ut unlike the pain involved in our political struggle, cartoons deliver their uncomfortable truths with such irreverent wit and visual imagination that you can’t help but chuckle.糖心传媒�

Brown has continued to research and write past his retirement from teaching, notably completing just last year, 听with , a professor at the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, a unit of Fiocruz, the main Brazilian biomedical institute, and the听late 糖心传媒攁 frequent collaborator and close friend of Brown糖心传媒檚糖心传媒攚ho had been the senior historian at the .

The book, 10 years in the making, is a comprehensive look at how world politics糖心传媒攊ncluding the dynamics of the Cold War in the organization糖心传媒檚 early decades, and later the increasing involvement of nongovernmental and private players糖心传媒攈ave influenced and shaped the WHO, its operations, and ultimately affected the fate of its mission. The authors evaluate the successes and failures of critical WHO campaigns, among them eradication programs for malaria and smallpox, as well as recent struggles with Ebola.

糖心传媒 physician and听听糖心传媒攏amed the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health after Brown糖心传媒檚 retirement糖心传媒攕ays few people have had such an impact on the field of the history of medicine and public health.

糖心传媒淗e has helped shaped a generation of scholars through his generous mentorship, while doctors throughout the country are better informed about the profession they practice thanks to transformative lectures they heard in training,糖心传媒� says Raz. 糖心传媒淧ersonally, Ted has been a longtime mentor and friend, and I owe much of my career to his kind and selfless guidance.糖心传媒�

, a professor of history and chair of the Rochester , credits Brown with providing a model of 糖心传媒渟cholarly sociability糖心传媒� from his research collaborations with notable scholars such as Fee, to his mentorship of younger historians, and his role as editor of the University of Rochester Press series. Brown served as its editor for 15 years, with 45 books published on his watch.

糖心传媒淗e has long been a towering figure in the history of public health and health care systems, Smoller adds. 糖心传媒淭his award is a fitting tribute to a research career that, with Ted糖心传媒檚 recent retirement, has only moved into a new and ever more active phase.糖心传媒�

For example, as the history editor of the , a position he has held since 1997, he recently invited a series of papers on the coronavirus pandemic in historical perspective. The papers are to be written by leading historians of medicine.

These days he frequently finds himself fielding media requests to comment on the World Health Organization糖心传媒檚 role in the time of corona. Reporters want to know how effective the organization has been in the fight against the virus.

He tells them the WHO is more relevant than ever. But糖心传媒攁s often in its history糖心传媒攖he organization is surrounded by political conflict and controversy which 糖心传媒渟eriously compromise and will possibly undermine糖心传媒� the good work it can do.

Brown notes that the organization is bound by the very carefully stipulated International Health Regulations, which leaves it with no alternatives but delicate diplomacy to ensure access and cooperation.

糖心传媒淭he world糖心传媒攏ot China alone, or an ineffective WHO糖心传媒攊s responsible for our currently disastrous pandemic,糖心传媒� he says.

In early May, he taped a television interview for ARTE, a Franco-German public television network that promotes cultural programming糖心传媒攚ith a single cameraman in the room wearing a face mask and keeping to a six-foot distance, while the interviewer posed questions remotely via Zoom.

With so much of our daily lives now abruptly shifted online, Brown糖心传媒檚 awards ceremony couldn糖心传媒檛 escape the virus糖心传媒檚 long shadow either. The lifetime award, which Brown was originally supposed to pick up in person at the AAHM糖心传媒檚 awards ceremony in Ann Arbor, Michigan, came instead via Zoom conference call with about 120 fellow historians dialed in.

The online scenario notwithstanding, the award, he says, is 糖心传媒渁n extraordinarily gratifying recognition糖心传媒� by his colleagues in the AAHM. 糖心传媒淭hat tells me they have respected my scholarly work over the years and have valued my service to the field through my editorial and organizational contributions.糖心传媒�

Online, Brown choked up. In previous years, he had often gone to the association糖心传媒檚 annual meetings accompanied by his late wife, Corinne Sutter-Brown, who died nearly three years ago.

Right after the Zoom ceremony Brown received an email from a member of the AAHM糖心传媒檚 award committee:

糖心传媒淚 was hoping that our committee would be able to have a citation read in public, in person. Just as I was hoping we could have a drink or dinner afterward,糖心传媒� Warner wrote.听糖心传媒淧erhaps next year in Madison.听But for now, I糖心传媒檓 sending a virtual hug.糖心传媒�

The association intends to celebrate this year糖心传媒檚 award recipients at the 2021 meeting, which is to take place in Madison, Wisconsin. That is糖心传媒攁s long as the virus doesn糖心传媒檛 scupper the plans.