Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., receives award

Alexander C. Wagenaar, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology and health policy research, will receive the Society for Prevention Science's annual Prevention Science Award at the group's annual meeting in May. The award is given to recognize a researcher whose work has made significant contributions to prevention research. Wagenaar, a social epidemiologist, studies the ramifications of policy changes and other public interventions. He was also recently named associate director of a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded initiative. The project supports research that will examine legal and regulatory solutions to current public health issues such as infectious and chronic diseases, and health emergencies such as floods, bioterrorism and various health epidemics.