donald mackay medal donald mackay medal dr. donald mackay was deputy director of the ross institute at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. he worked for many years in tropical occupational health, especially on the tea plantations of south asia. he died in 1981. donald mackay medal the donald mackay medal is awarded in his honor for outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating to improvements in the health of rural or urban workers in the tropics. the award criteria are determined by the : trustees of the mackay memorial fund councils of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene american society of tropical medicine and hygiene the medal is awarded annually, by the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene in even-numbered years by the american society of tropical medicine and hygiene in odd-numbered years. it was first awarded in 1990. recipients medal recipients are: 1990: ralph h. henderson 1991: brian greenwood 1992: bernard kouchner 1993: warren and gretchen berggren 1994: jill seaman 1995: alfred a. buck 1996: ahmed m. el hassan 1997: hernando groot 1998: eldryd h. o. parry 1999: franklin a. neva 2000: james l. tulloch 2001: joseph a. cook 2003: eric ottesen 2004: alan fenwick 2005: david l. heymann 2006: paul m. fine 2007: david h. molyneux 2008: anthony d.m. bryceson 2009: jane cardosa 2010: tran tinh hien 2011: david sack & bradley sack, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health 2012: tewolde gebremeskel 2013: myron m. levine, university of maryland school of medicine & gary j. weil, washington university school of medicine 2014: alimuddin zumla 2015: dennis shanks, university of queensland mayne medical school and the australian army malaria institute (ami). 2016 moses bockarie 2017 patrick lammie 2018 ahmed hassan fahal, university of khartoum and mycetoma research center. 2019 christopher king, case western reserve university 2020 eleni aklillu, karolinska institute 2021 philip thuma, macha research trust