Public Health Heroes Instalment 1 (more are coming)

Public Health Heroes


Discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer

Discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer

Sir Richard Doll

Sir Richard Doll



A founding father of epidemiology, Dr Snow linked cholera to contaminated water supplies

John Snow

A founding father of epidemiology, Dr Snow linked cholera to contaminated water supplies

John Snow



Pioneered the smallpox vaccine and was one of the founders of immunology

Pioneered the smallpox vaccine and was one of the founders of immunology

Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner



Major contributions to social determinants of health and inequalities, epidemiology of non communicable disease (e.g. heart disease)

Major contributions to social determinants of health and inequalities, epidemiology of non communicable disease (e.g. heart disease)

Sir Michael Marmot

Sir Michael Marmot



Sanitary pioneer, influential in creating the Public Health Act 1948 , first president of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, which is now the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Sanitary pioneer, influential in creating the Public Health Act 1948 , first president of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, which is now the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

Sir Edwin Chadwick

Sir Edwin Chadwick



Developed the first successful polio vaccine

Developed the first successful polio vaccine

Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk



From tuberculosis studies he advocated for and became one of the founding fathers of evidence based medicine

From tuberculosis studies he advocated for and became one of the founding fathers of evidence based medicine

Archie Cochrane

Archie Cochrane



Founder of modern nursing and first female member of the Royal Statistical Association

Founder of modern nursing and first female member of the Royal Statistical Association

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale



Discovered penicillin, which revolutionised our ability to treat infection

Discovered penicillin, which revolutionised our ability to treat infection

Sir Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming



Medieval merchant and a politician, four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London financed drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers

Medieval merchant and a politician, four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London financed drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers

Richard Whittington

Richard Whittington



Founded the National Health Service in the UK, which for the first time provided universal medical care free at point-of-need

Founded the National Health Service in the UK, which for the first time provided universal medical care free at point-of-need

Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin Bevan



Fighting the damaging effects of urban poverty and ignorance in New York City, she is credited with saving the lives of 90,000 inner city children

Fighting the damaging effects of urban poverty and ignorance in New York City, she is credited with saving the lives of 90,000 inner city children

Sara Josephine Baker

Sara Josephine Baker



Known as the “Father of Western medicine” he established medicine as a profession and greatly advanced the study of clinical medicine

Known as the “Father of Western medicine” he established medicine as a profession and greatly advanced the study of clinical medicine

Hippocrates

Hippocrates



A founder of modern demography, he developed the first life table, an actuarial tool that allows the calculation of life expectancies

A founder of modern demography, he developed the first life table, an actuarial tool that allows the calculation of life expectancies

John Graunt

John Graunt



Discoveries of principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurisation

Discoveries of principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurisation

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur



Coining the term ‘public health nursing’, she lived and worked in deprived communities providing nursing and training

Coining the term ‘public health nursing’, she lived and worked in deprived communities providing nursing and training

Lilian Wald

Lilian Wald



Identified causal agents of TB, cholera and anthrax. Created Koch’s postulates for linking microorganisms to particular diseases

Identified causal agents of TB, cholera and anthrax. Created Koch’s postulates for linking microorganisms to particular diseases

Robert Koch

Robert Koch



A founder of social medicine, he stated that “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale

A founder of social medicine, he stated that “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale

Rudolph Virchow

Rudolph Virchow



Created the London sewer network that led to the eradication of cholera

Created the London sewer network that led to the eradication of cholera

Sir Joseph Bazalgette

Sir Joseph Bazalgette



Pioneer of clinical trials, discovered that citrus fruit prevent scurvy

Pioneer of clinical trials, discovered that citrus fruit prevent scurvy

James Lind

James Lind



Founder of modern medicine, took training on to the wards

Founder of modern medicine, took training on to the wards

Sir William Osler

Sir William Osler



Early medical statistician and epidemiologist, compiled mortality statstics and conclusively linked cholera to contaminated water

Early medical statistician and epidemiologist, compiled mortality statstics and conclusively linked cholera to contaminated water

William Farr

William Farr



Anthropologist and doctor who has dedicated his career to improving healthcare in developing countries

Anthropologist and doctor who has dedicated his career to improving healthcare in developing countries

Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer



Anthropologist and doctor responsible for major advances in treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Anthropologist and doctor responsible for major advances in treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Jim Yong Kim

Jim Yong Kim



Founder of Gapminder.org, brining development and public health issues to a wider audience

Founder of Gapminder.org, brining development and public health issues to a wider audience

Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling



For the work of the Gates Foundation on infectious diseases in developing countries

For the work of the Gates Foundation on infectious diseases in developing countries

Bill & Melinda Gates

Bill & Melinda Gates



Persisting with the universal healthcare agenda

Persisting with the universal healthcare agenda

Barack Obama

Barack Obama



Social reformer first Minister of Health responsible for 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act which introduced council housing

Social reformer first Minister of Health responsible for 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act which introduced council housing

Christopher Addison

Christopher Addison



Social philanthropist founded the Peabody Trust to provide dwellings for London’s poor

Social philanthropist founded the Peabody Trust to provide dwellings for London’s poor

George Peabody

George Peabody



As the Mayor of New York City he introduced radical policies to tackle the obesity epidemic and protect citizens from the harms of tobacco

As the Mayor of New York City he introduced radical policies to tackle the obesity epidemic and protect citizens from the harms of tobacco

Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg



Promoted women’s’ reproductive rights through access to family planning services and contraception

Promoted women’s’ reproductive rights through access to family planning services and contraception

Marie Stopes

Marie Stopes



Nursing in the crimean war, pioneered nursing care for infectious diseases such as cholera in Panama and yellow fever in Jamaica

Nursing in the crimean war, pioneered nursing care for infectious diseases such as cholera in Panama and yellow fever in Jamaica

Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole

Public Health Heroes Instalment 1 (more are coming)

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