Announcing 2018 Goldman School Alumni Awards
2018 ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Dr. Timothy Uyeki - MPP 1985
Chief Medical Officer / Medical Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases, Influenza Division
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Uyeki is Chief Medical Officer for the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He received a B.A. in Biology from Oberlin College, a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, a master’s degree in public health (epidemiology) and a master’s degree in public policy, both from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed residencies in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and in preventive medicine and public health at UCSF-UC Berkeley, and the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service applied epidemiology fellowship program. Prior to joining the CDC, he worked as an attending physician at UCSF SFGH for five years, pediatric critical care transport for UCSF for one year, and as a pediatric hospitalist for 2.5 years. Dr. Uyeki has worked at CDC on the epidemiology, clinical aspects, prevention and control of influenza in the U.S. and worldwide since 1998. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. Dr. Uyeki has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization on clinical and epidemiological issues related to seasonal, zoonotic, and pandemic influenza, including extensive international H5N1 (avian influenza) outbreak experience for WHO and CDC in several countries.
As one of the world's foremost influenza specialists, Tim has spent his career-long efforts to address public health outbreaks both nationally and internationally (most notably the avian flu), through the lens of a practicing physician particularly concerned about the impact of these outbreaks on children. He has spent time not only being a scientist, but also doing the field work, the delicate diplomacy, and forging relationships that have led governments to act to save thousands of lives.
Tim is an outstanding representative of the values and attributes of GSPP, dedicating his life to top-notch analysis of critical human problems, and contributing directly to governmental decisions about how to protect and care for the most vulnerable people.
2018 AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN POLICY & JOURNALISM
Garance Burke – MPP 2005
Investigative Journalist
The Associated Press
San Francisco, CA
Garance Burke is an investigative journalist for The Associated Press, where she specializes in reports that reveal vital truths in the public interest. Often driven by data and documents, her work has helped to shape presidential elections, inspired congressional hearings, prompted regulatory changes and triggered state and federal investigations. In recent years, her stories have brought to light plans to set up detention centers for toddlers separated from their parents, the discharging of immigrant recruits from the U.S. Army and the behavior of President Donald Trump toward women on the set of “The Apprentice.” Burke began her career as a reporter for the Mexican daily financial paper El Financiero, then worked for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe until she joined AP in 2005.
Now based in San Francisco, she has worked for AP from Anchorage to Mexico City, with appointments as a supervisory correspondent and data journalist in bureaus including Kansas City, Missouri and Fresno, California. Burke's work has received accolades including the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi national investigative reporting award, a national Edward R. Murrow award, National Headliner Awards and top honors from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Burke previously worked as a policy analyst for the City of San Francisco and as a cross-sector research consultant. She received masters degrees from the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy (2005) and Graduate School of Journalism (2004), where she lectured for three years on how to apply quantitative analysis to deepen journalism’s impact.
This award celebrates Ms. Burke’s unveiling of groundbreaking truths through stellar reporting and data analysis, and how they have affected the public discourse.