[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5604-S5605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION'S TRUDEAU MEDAL WINNER

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I rise today to offer my 
congratulations to Dr. Philip C. Hopewell, MD. The American Lung 
Association has awarded Hopewell the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal 
for his life-long achievements in the prevention, research treatment 
and cure of lung-related diseases. The Trudeau Medal is awarded by the 
American Lung Association in honor of the distinguished scientist, 
Edward Livingston Trudeau, founder of the American Lung Association and 
its first president.
  Dr. Hopewell is a world-renowned expert in tuberculosis control. He 
has literally traveled the globe offering technical advice and hands on 
practical guidance to tuberculosis control programs in developing 
nations. Dr. Hopewell has seen extended service in Peru and Nigeria and 
has worked with the PanAmerican Health Organization and the World 
Health Organization to advance TB control efforts around the world.
  While Dr. Hopewell's work has been a boon to many countries, he has 
also worked hard to protect the health of Americans. As a leading 
researcher on the interaction between TB and HIV-AIDS infection, Dr. 
Hopewell and his colleagues at UCSF are credited with for the dramatic 
60 percent reduction in TB cases in San Francisco in the past decade.
  Dr. Hopewell is a teacher, a scientist and a healer. But he is also 
an advocate. Dr. Hopewell is equally at home sharing his expertise with 
members of Congress, as he is with health-workers in Peru. In part 
because of his advocacy, the U.S. has significantly increased its 
commitment to global TB control over the past 5 years.
  I am pleased to say that I have played a role in supporting the work 
of Dr. Hopewell and his colleagues around the globe to identify, treat 
and prevent TB. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 
I have worked to increase the U.S. contribution for global TB control 
by supporting increased funding for TB programs at the US Agency for 
International Development. Increased support at USAID has lead to the 
development of a country specific plan to eliminate TB in high burden 
countries and is achieving results in many high burden TB countries.
  While we still have a long way to go to effectively control and 
prevent TB in the U.S. and around the globe, it is important to 
recognize and celebrate those individuals who have helped achieve the 
advances we have made so far. Please join me in honoring Dr. Hopewell 
for his leadership, passion and tireless work to eliminate 
tuberculosis.

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