Commemorative Fund Lecture

The Commemorative Fund Lectureship is an honor bestowed upon an outstanding scientist in tropical medicine from the developing world. The Commemorative Fund was established by a bequest of the Firestone Foundation and increased by contributions from the membership.

2011
Mirta Roses Periago
PAHO
Washington, DC

2010
Alejandro Cravioto
ICDDR, B
Dhaka, Bangladesh

2009
Fred Binka
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana

2008
Carlos Morel
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Rio de Janerio, Brazil

2007
Awa Coll-Seck
Roll Back Malaria Partnership
Geneva, Switzerland

2006
Samba Sow
Center for Vaccine Development Mali
Bamako, Mali

2005
Oyewale Tomori
Redeemer's University
Lagos State, Nigeria

2004
Eduardo Gotuzzo
IMP "Alexander von Humboldtt"
Lima, Peru

2003
Rashidul Haque
International Centre for Health and Population Research
Dhaka, Bangladesh

2002
Solomon Benetar
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

2001
Francis Nkrumah
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Legon, Ghana

2000
Socrates Herrera
Instituto de Immunologia Del Valle
Cali, Colombia

1999
R. Swanepoel
National Institute of Virology
Johannesburg, South Africa

1998
Ayoade M. J. Oduola (invited)
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria

1997
A. de Queiroz Sousa
Secretary of Health
Ceara, Brazil

1995
C.A. de Quadros
PAHO
Washington, DC