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Dr. David Satcher Receives National Medical Association
Cobb Lifetime Achievement Award Atlanta - Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) of Morehouse School of Medicine, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. was named the recipient of the W. Montague Cobb Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2008 National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly. The former U.S. Surgeon General was presented with the award Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the NMA Opening Awards Ceremony and Reception at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The award is named after former NMA President Dr. William Montague Cobb and recognizes extraordinary achievement in research and advocacy for health care. As well as serving as president of NMA, Cobb was editor of the Journal of the National Medical Association from 1949 to 1977. He achieved eminence as a scholar in several fields, including medical history and physical anthropology, and he was especially interested in the relevance of these fields for African Americans. He published more than 600 scientific articles, editorials, biographical sketches, pamphlets, book reviews, and monographs. Upon receiving the 2008 award, former U.S. Surgeon General Satcher said, "I am extremely honored to receive this award. This is a lot to live up to, but I take this responsibility very seriously. I am grateful to all the institutions that have allowed me the opportunity to do that." The W. Montague Cobb NMA Health Institute sponsored a reception in Satcher's honor Monday, July 28 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta. During Monday's event, Satcher joined co-editor Dr. Rubens J. Pamies to sign copies of their popular book, Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities. Dr. W. Michael Byrd, and Dr. Linda A. Clayton, authors of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book An American Health Dilemma (Vol. 1 & 2), also signed copies of their published work. About Morehouse School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) recruits and trains minority and other students as physicians, biomedical scientists and public health professionals committed to improving the health and well-being of communities. MSM is a member of the largest consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the world - the Atlanta University Center (AUC). For more information about Morehouse School of Medicine, visit us online at www.msm.edu. About the W. Montague Cobb /NMA Health Institute
The mission of the W. Montague Cobb/NMA Health Institute, which was founded in December 2004, is to study and provide solutions for the elimination of health disparities affecting African Americans as well as other underserved populations. The vision of the Cobb Institute is to become the repository of information regarding the health of African Americans, with holdings in statistics, solutions to health disparities, and best practices to prove the efficacy of these solutions. The major diseases on which the Cobb Institute is particularly focused include heart disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, HIV/AIDS, and cancer (prostate, breast, colorectal). The scientific sections of the National Medical Association form the basis of the research capabilities of the Cobb Institute. Clinical trials performed by these research physicians and their institutions will provide cutting-edge data for the Cobb Institute to review, validate, and publicize in scientific journals and other communication vehicles. ##
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