Fauci to be rewarded with the Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award from IU in December

Bloomington, Indiana – One of the main characters during the pandemic Dr. Anthony Fauci, will be honored with the Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award in December by The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, IU announced.

Fauci has been a leading Covid-19 expert in United States since the start of the pandemic. He will be honored for taking such an important role in dealing with the pandemic and his work in HIV/AIDS prevention.

“Recipients of the Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award have demonstrated their solemn promise to scientific methods, access to treatment and educating the public,” said William L. Yarber, senior director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention and Provost Professor at the School of Public Health.

“Dr. Fauci — from his early and continuing work in HIV/AIDS prevention to the COVID-19 pandemic — is perhaps the most recognizable figure associated with infectious disease research and public awareness.”

The ceremony will be held virtually on December 6 starting 5:15 p.m.

“As we have stared down this demon of a pandemic, no figure has more prominently represented this commitment to science and truth than Dr. Fauci,” School of Public Health Dean David B. Allison said.

Everyone interested in the event can register here.