{"id":7568,"date":"2022-09-23T07:18:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/?p=7568"},"modified":"2022-09-23T07:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:18:34","slug":"drs-kizzmekia-corbett-and-anthony-fauci-to-be-jointly-awarded-the-2022-fulbright-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/drs-kizzmekia-corbett-and-anthony-fauci-to-be-jointly-awarded-the-2022-fulbright-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Drs. Kizzmekia Corbett and Anthony Fauci to be jointly awarded the 2022 Fulbright Prize<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Public health leaders to be honored for their success in combatting the COVID pandemic<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Award ceremony to take place in Washington, DC on April 19, 2023<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, DC \u2013 The Fulbright Association will award the <strong>2022 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding jointly to Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and&nbsp;Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/strong>, whose leadership and scientific discoveries have been critical to the abatement of the COVID-19 pandemic, saving millions of lives worldwide and helping to restore a fuller and safer life for billions. Their success has allowed the peoples of the world to reconnect, and they have reminded us all that strong public health is critical to international exchange, cooperation, and travel.<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cThe Association is awarding the Prize to these Laureates for their respective contributions and accomplishments in public health globally, but we are also recognizing the importance of teamwork and collaboration to success,\u201d says Association board chair, the Honorable Cynthia Baldwin. \u201cThat is why we are so happy to present this Prize jointly to Drs. Fauci and Corbett.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cThis Prize, by extension, honors all researchers, scientists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals who have contributed to the global fight against the coronavirus,\u201d adds Association executive director, Dr. John Bader. \u201cFulbrighters worldwide are grateful to these heroes for their courage, sacrifice, hard work, and commitment to science.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>For more information about the Fulbright Prize, and to receive upcoming announcements about the event (date, location, tickets, sponsorships), visit <a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7e7c03dbdb1f68af782f06eb0&amp;id=5866cb8e96&amp;e=1f313c79b1\"><strong>www.fulbright.org\/prize<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fulbright.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=7e7c03dbdb1f68af782f06eb0&amp;id=fa7fd9d988&amp;e=1f313c79b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read the full press release.<\/strong><\/a> The award ceremony will be followed by&nbsp;dinner. If interested in sponsorship opportunities, please email <a href=\"mailto:prize@fulbright.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>prize@fulbright.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public health leaders to be honored for their success in combatting the COVID pandemic Award ceremony &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fulbright"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7570,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7568\/revisions\/7570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7568"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}