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Sherman A. James CV

Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Box 90245, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0245
203 Sanford Building, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors


Kenneth Rothman Award for Career Accomplishment

International Society for Epidemiologic Research · June 21, 2019 "...for notable and scholarly contributions to the field of epidemiology, including many that impacted the health and well-being of populations.

Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences

International Stanford University · 2018

E. Lorraince Baugh Distinguished Lecturer

National MGH Institute for Health Professions, Boston MA · October 16, 2017

Wade Hampton Frost Lecture and Award

International Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association · October 31, 2016 The oldest award given by the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association in recognition of excellence in research and scholarship.

Mahatma Gandhi Fellow

National American Academy of Political and Social Sciences · May 19, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture

National School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis · January 18, 2016

Vernberg Distinguished Lecture

University Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina · 2015

Sol Levine Lectureship on Society and Health

National Harvard University School of Public Health · April 2013

John Cassel Memorial Lecturer

International Society for Epidemiologic Research · June 2012

Ranked top 5% among Professors for quality teaching of Duke undergraduates

University Duke University · May 2012

Commencement Address

National Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine · May 2011

Health Sciences Schools Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote Address

National University of Michigan · January 2011

Sixth Annual Jean Mills Symposium Keynote Address

University East Carolina University · February 2010

Distinguished Visiting Professor in Health Disparities

National University of Minnesota · May 2008

Michael M. Davis Lecture

National University of Chicago, School of Social Services Administration · April 2008

Distinguished Alumnus Award

National Washington University in St. Louis · 2008

Susan B.King Distingushed Professor of Public Policy

University Duke University · 2003

Alonzo Yerby Lecture and Award

University School of Public Health, Harvard University · 2001

Abraham Lilienfeld Outstanding Teaching Award

International Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association · 2001 "...for career excellence in teaching the principles and methods of epidemiological research..."

Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lecture

University Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC · 2000

Member

Scholarly Society National Academy of Medicine, the National Academies · 2000 More about this award

John P. Kirscht Collegiate Professor of Public Health

University University of Michigan · 1998

Roger Allan Moore Distinguished Lescturer on Values and Medicne: Ethical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives

University Harvard University School of Medicine · 1993

Senior Fellow

University Society of Fellows, University of Michigan · 1993

Fellow, American College of Epidemiology

International American College of Epidemiology · 1990

5 Year Research Career Development Award

National NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute · July 1982 To further develop and test the John Henryism Hypothesis