On behalf of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health please join the Columbia University Club of London and distinguished guest Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health.

Dean Fried will present brief remarks to recognize the Centennial celebration of the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and her vision for the “Second Century.”

All Columbia University alumni are welcome.

BIOGRAPHY

Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health since 2008, is a leader in the fields of epidemiology and geriatric medicine. She additionally serves as the Director of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center.

Trained in cardiovascular and chronic disease epidemiology and geriatrics, she has dedicated her career to the science of healthy aging and creating a health span that matches our increased life expectancy, prevention of frailty, disability and cardiovascular disease, and defining how to transition to a world where greater longevity benefits people of all ages.

In 2014, she was named as among the top 1 percent "most influential scientific minds of the past decade" by Thomson-Reuters, and in 2012, by the New York Times, as "one of 15 world leaders in science". She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, most recently the 2016 French INSERM International Prize in Medical Research, the 2018 Crain's Notable Women in Health Care