MEDICAL EXPERT
JOINS THE CAUSE
Los Angeles, CA
July 19,2010
Physician, scientist, scholar, legendary teacher and humanitarian visionary. Dr. Eric K. Noji was elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science for pioneering work in the use of social media and global communications networks for disaster relief, humanitarian aid and other public health crises. On the evening of 24 September 2006, his webcast on disaster management was seen by over 1.5 million viewers, still the largest audience in history for a single academic lecture.
An award named in Dr. Noji's honor is presented annually by the DoD's Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance to recognize individuals whose careers have been characterized by exceptional teaching, ground-breaking research and leadership in emergency health management, conflict stabilization and peace-keeping operations, medical diplomacy and civil-military cooperation.
Dr. Noji has nearly 25 years of experience working with government agencies, NGOs, and international organizations such as WHO, USAID, MSF, the World Bank, UNICEF, UNHCR and others that provide disaster relief, humanitarian assistance, and support for reconstruction, emergency preparedness and crisis monitoring. From 1988 to 2007, Dr. Noji was the Director of the International Emergency and Refugee Health Program, Office of Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He is currently Chairman and CEO of Noji Global Health & Security, an organization he established in 2007 that specializes in humanitarian resource mobilization and management, particularly during major crisis situations such as the tsunami disaster in 2004, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the recent catastrophic earthquakes in Haiti and China in 2010.
Dr. Noji has unparalleled experience, expertise and success in crisis fund-raising, facilitating fast-track procurement and acquisition during emergencies, innovative technology brokering and rapidly assembling the best talent. An undergraduate at Stanford, he completed his medical studies, graduate work and residency training at the University of Rochester, the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins before joining the full-time faculty and attending staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital & School of Medicine.
- 2005 Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Elected to membership, October 2005
- 2006 William Root Lecturer and AOA Visiting Professor, Kansas University School of Medicine
- 2005 The Global War on Terrorism EXPEDITIONARY Award, US Army (For extraordinary contributions to the public health of civilians during the Global War on Terrorism under circumstances involving grave danger and serious bodily injury from enemy action).
- 2005 The Global War on Terrorism Campaign Medal, US Army
- 2005 The John C. Cutler Global Health Award for excellence in global health leadership, research, practice, education and devotion to nurturing the careers of future public health leaders. The University of Pittsburgh
- 2003 Meritorious Group Award, Agency for International Development presented to the Iraq Disaster Assistance Response Team (For extraordinary contributions to the public health of civilians during Operation Freedom Iraq)
- 2003 The Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service, The Johns Hopkins University
- 2003 Crisis Response Service Award, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (2nd Award for Iraq)
- 2003 Hazardous Duty Service Ribbon, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (2nd Award for Iraq)
- 2002 Meritorious Unit Commendation, US Navy (Anthrax emergency)
- 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal, US Army
- 2001 Outstanding Unit Citation, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (2nd Award for Anthrax emergency)
- 1997 Outstanding Unit Citation, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (First award for Rwanda, Zaire)
- 1997 CDC Group Honor Award presented to the Central and East Africa Humanitarian Relief Group (2nd Award. For extraordinary contributions to the public health of civilians affected by the civil war in Zaire)
- 1997 Outstanding Service Medal with Valor, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. Cited for heroic performance in leading U.S. Disaster Assistance Response Team in addressing emergency medical/health and other needs arising from civil violence in Liberia.
- 1996 Hazardous Duty Service Ribbon, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (First award for Zaire)
- 1996 Isolated Hardship Service Ribbon, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (Zaire)
- 1996 Foreign Duty Service Ribbon, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (First award for Zaire)
- 1996 Crisis Response Service Award, Commissioned Officer Corps, US Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (1st Award for Zaire)
- 1995 PHS Special Recognition Award presented to the Rwanda Refugee Response Group (For extraordinary contributions to the public health of civilians affected by the civil war in Rwanda)
- 1995 CDC Group Honor Award presented to the Rwanda Refugee Response Group (First Award. For extraordinary contributions to the public health of civilians affected by the civil war in Rwanda)
- 1995 The Eric K. Noji Excellence in Teaching Medal. Named in Dr. Noji’s honor, this Medal is awarded annually by the Department of Defense (Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Pacific Command) to recognize exceptional teaching, research and leadership in emergency health management, tactical and operational medicine, peace-keeping operations and civil-military cooperation in the field.
- 1992 Lifetime Achievement Award National Disaster Medical System. Awarded by the NDMS Board of Directors, in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of disaster medical services
- 1990 The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Clinician-Scientist Career Development Award
- 1987 Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society. Elected to Society membership at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health, April, 1987
- 1977 Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to Society membership at Stanford University, June, 1977.
Dr. Noji is the author or co-author of over 200 scientific articles and publications on disaster medicine, field applications of epidemiology in mass emergencies, Clinical Toxicology and the medical response to terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, refugee crises, famine and complex humanitarian emergencies including ground-breaking papers on logistic regression, survival analysis, and survey sampling that have become classics for applied researchers. Two of his books, The Public Health Consequences of Disasters (Oxford University Press) andDisaster Medicine (Elsevier) are the most widely used educational textbook on these topics.