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Dr. Donald Hopkins

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Dr. Donald Hopkins Biography

Dr. Donald R. Hopkins directs all of the health programs of The Carter Center. He first joined the Center in 1987 as the senior consultant for the health programs, where he led the Center's efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease and river blindness worldwide. Dr. Hopkins' professional experience includes serving as deputy director (1984-1987) and acting director (1985) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He was an assistant professor of tropical public health at Harvard School of Public Health, and he directed the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dr. Hopkins attended the Institute of European Studies at the University of Vienna. He received his Bachelor of Science from Morehouse College, his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Chicago, and his Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is board certified in pediatrics and in public health and has been a member of seven United States delegations to the World Health Assembly. Dr. Hopkins has authored numerous articles for scientific journals and textbooks on a wide variety of public health subjects, including smallpox, yaws, onchocerciasis (river blindness), and dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease). He is the author of "Princes and Peasants: Smallpox in History," which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 and was reissued in 2002 with the title "The Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History." He has received numerous awards, including the CDC Medal of Excellence, the Distinguished Service Medal of the U.S. Public Health Service, and a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995 for his leadership in the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Currently he serves on the MacArthur Foundation's board of directors. Dr. Hopkins has been also awarded several honorary degrees including Doctorates of Science from Morehouse College (1988), Emory University (1994), Morehouse School of Medicine (1999), and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (1997). He has been made an honorary chief in three traditional areas of Nigeria: Akoko South (1994), Aninri (1998), and Ikwo (1998). Dr. Hopkins was also elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and has been a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene since 1965. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997, inducted as a Knight of the National Order of Mali in 1998, awarded the Medal of Honor of Public Health (Gold) by the country of Niger in 2004, and named a Champion of Public Health by Tulane University in 2005. In 2007, Dr. Hopkins received the Mectizan Award from Merck & Co. Inc. and the Mectizan® Donation Program for his outstanding contributions to fight river blindness and lymphatic filariasis and the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation Prize for Improving Health for his work to eradicate Guinea worm disease. In 2012, Dr. Hopkins received the Pumphandle Award (PDF) in honor of his outstanding contributions to applied epidemiology from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, a professional association of over 1,000 public health epidemiologists working in federal, state, local, and tribal health agencies, and U.S. territories.

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    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Dr. Donald Hopkins for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Dr. Donald Hopkins, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Dr. Donald Hopkins or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Dr. Donald Hopkins

    Speaking fees for Dr. Donald Hopkins, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Dr. Donald Hopkins are available upon request for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Dr. Donald Hopkins, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Dr. Donald Hopkins speak about?

    Dr. Donald Hopkins is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business of Healthcare.
  • Where does Dr. Donald Hopkins travel from?

    Dr. Donald Hopkins generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Dr. Donald Hopkins’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Dr. Donald Hopkins for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dr. Donald Hopkins for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Dr. Donald Hopkins or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Dr. Donald Hopkins Biography

Dr. Donald R. Hopkins directs all of the health programs of The Carter Center. He first joined the Center in 1987 as the senior consultant for the health programs, where he led the Center's efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease and river blindness worldwide. Dr. Hopkins' professional experience includes serving as deputy director (1984-1987) and acting director (1985) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He was an assistant professor of tropical public health at Harvard School of Public Health, and he directed the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dr. Hopkins attended the Institute of European Studies at the University of Vienna. He received his Bachelor of Science from Morehouse College, his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Chicago, and his Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is board certified in pediatrics and in public health and has been a member of seven United States delegations to the World Health Assembly. Dr. Hopkins has authored numerous articles for scientific journals and textbooks on a wide variety of public health subjects, including smallpox, yaws, onchocerciasis (river blindness), and dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease). He is the author of "Princes and Peasants: Smallpox in History," which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 and was reissued in 2002 with the title "The Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History." He has received numerous awards, including the CDC Medal of Excellence, the Distinguished Service Medal of the U.S. Public Health Service, and a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995 for his leadership in the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. Currently he serves on the MacArthur Foundation's board of directors. Dr. Hopkins has been also awarded several honorary degrees including Doctorates of Science from Morehouse College (1988), Emory University (1994), Morehouse School of Medicine (1999), and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (1997). He has been made an honorary chief in three traditional areas of Nigeria: Akoko South (1994), Aninri (1998), and Ikwo (1998). Dr. Hopkins was also elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and has been a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene since 1965. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997, inducted as a Knight of the National Order of Mali in 1998, awarded the Medal of Honor of Public Health (Gold) by the country of Niger in 2004, and named a Champion of Public Health by Tulane University in 2005. In 2007, Dr. Hopkins received the Mectizan Award from Merck & Co. Inc. and the Mectizan® Donation Program for his outstanding contributions to fight river blindness and lymphatic filariasis and the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation Prize for Improving Health for his work to eradicate Guinea worm disease. In 2012, Dr. Hopkins received the Pumphandle Award (PDF) in honor of his outstanding contributions to applied epidemiology from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, a professional association of over 1,000 public health epidemiologists working in federal, state, local, and tribal health agencies, and U.S. territories.

FAQs on booking Dr. Donald Hopkins

  • How do I book Dr. Donald Hopkins to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Dr. Donald Hopkins for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Dr. Donald Hopkins, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Dr. Donald Hopkins or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Dr. Donald Hopkins

    Speaking fees for Dr. Donald Hopkins, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Dr. Donald Hopkins are available upon request for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Dr. Donald Hopkins, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Dr. Donald Hopkins speak about?

    Dr. Donald Hopkins is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business of Healthcare.
  • Where does Dr. Donald Hopkins travel from?

    Dr. Donald Hopkins generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Dr. Donald Hopkins’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Dr. Donald Hopkins for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dr. Donald Hopkins for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Dr. Donald Hopkins or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Dr. Donald Hopkins is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Donald Hopkins for your event is available upon request. Dr. Donald Hopkins generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Kumi Naidoo, Yael Maguire, Victor Ochen, Avi Reichental and Kandeh Yumkella. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Donald Hopkins for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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