The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has awarded the prestigious 2022 Bailey K Ashford Medal and 2022 Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) award to an Indian physician-scientist. Dr. Subash Babu, Scientific Director of the ICER-India program at The ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai was awarded at the annual ASTMH meeting held in Seattle, USA.
The medal is awarded annually to one or more mid-career investigators for distinguished work in tropical medicine. The award has never been given to an Indian scientist or research conducted at Indian institutions in its 82-year history.
The ICER is an India-US research collaboration between the Department of Health Research (DHR)-the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases).
Besides the Bailey K Ashford award, Dr. Babu was also awarded FASTMH for ‘committed work’ in tropical medicine since 1995.