Amy Fairchild, PhD, MPH, Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Columbia Univ, 722 West 168th Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10032, 212 305 1724, alf4@columbia.edu

Each year the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association awards the Arthur Viseltear Prize for the outstanding book in or scholarly contribution to the History of Public Health in America. This year's prize was award to Alan M. Kraut for his book, Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader. The book chronicles the contributions of one of the US Public Health Service's most renowned heroes, who, in addition to combatting typhoid, yellow fever, and diptheria, solved the mystery of pellegra. The story is more than one of mere medical triumph and Kraut deftly illuminates the economic, cultural, and poltical challenges of public health reform in the American South.

Learning Objectives:

• Inform the association about critical works in the history of public health

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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.