The APACPH Medal of Merit
The Medal of Merit recognises persons who have performed outstanding service consistent with the APACPH mission of enhancing professional education for public health.
Recipients of the APACPH Medal of Merit
- Professor John M Hayakawa, Executive Director, APACPH, 23 May 1992 at Okinawa, Japan
- Prof. Khairuddin Yusof, Professor of Social Obstetrics and Gynaecology, former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 9 December 1994 at Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
- Assoc Prof. Kanya Kanchanburanonta, Vice-President (Services), Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, 13 December 1996 at Bangkok, Thailand
- Prof Tserenkhuugyin Lkhagwasuren, President, National Medical University of Mongolia, 19 June 1997 at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Professor Dr Walter Patrick, Secretary-General APACPH, Professor of Public Health, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 17th October 2014
- Assoc. Prof. Dr Phitaya Charupoonphol, Dean, Mahidol University International College, Thailand on 23rd October 2015
- Professor Dr Yasuo Kagawa, Vice-President, Kagawa Nutrition University, Director of Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Japan on 17th September 2016.
- Professor Dato’ Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin, Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya, Malaysia on 17th August 2017.
- Professor Dr Myongsei Sohn, President Emeritus of APACPH, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea on 13th September 2018.
- Professor Colin Binns, John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Australia on 13th September 2018.
- Prof. (Sr) Dr Osman bin Ali, Senior Professor, Faculty of Medicine University of Kuala Lumpur, Royal College of Medicine Perak, Malaysia on 13th September 2018.
- Professor Jung-Der Wang, Chair Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Taiwan on 20th November 2019.
- Professor Dr Banchong Mahaisavariya, Acting President, Mahidol University, Thailand on 20th November 2019
- Professor Rohini Senevirathne, Consultant Community Physician, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Rathmalana (KDU), Sri Lanka, on 8th December 2020
- Prof. Rika Subarniati – Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, The Universitas Airlangga. Awarded in 2021
- Prof.Dr.Rozaini Nasution, SKM – Dean, School of Public Health, The University of North Sumatra. Awarded in 2021
- Prof. Dr. Andi Zulkifli, drg., M. Kes – Dean of Public Health Hasanuddin University from 2014-2018. Chair of the Advisor for the Association of Indonesian Public Health Higher Education Institutions (AIPTKMI) and Deputy Chair of the Expert Council of the Indonesian Public Health Expert Association (IAKMI) 2022-2026. Awarded in 2021
- Dr. dr. Bagoes Widjanarko, MPH, MA – Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University. Awarded in 2021
- Dr Indika Karunathilake – Head, Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. President of Sri Lanka Medical Association in 2020. Awarded in 2022
- Dr Low Wah Yun – Deputy Executive Director (Research & Internationalisation), Asia-Europe Institute at the Universiti Malaya. Awarded in 2022
- Dr Vicente Y. Belizario, JR. – Dean and Centre Director of the College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila. Awarded in 2022
- Professor Dato Dr Jamilah Binti Hashim, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia on 31 October 2023 at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Professor Dr Victor Hoe Chee Wai, Public Health Medicine Specialist, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia on 31 October 2023 at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- Professor Dr Hung-Yi Chiou, Joint-Appointment Professor, School of Health Care Administration. Joint-Appointment Professor, School of Gerontology & Long-Term Care. Joint-Appointment Professor, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan on 31 October 2023 at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia