Joseph Goldberger | |
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Born | |
Died | January 17, 1929 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 54)
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Mary Goldberger |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology |
Institutions | United States Public Health Service |
Joseph Goldberger (Slovak: Jozef Goldberger, Hungarian: Goldberger József) (July 16, 1874 – January 17, 1929) was an American physician and epidemiologist in the United States Public Health Service (PHS). As a public health official, he was an advocate for scientific and social recognition of the links between poverty and disease.[1] His early work with arriving immigrants at Ellis Island made him a standout investigator for detecting infectious diseases and he became a well-known epidemiologist.[1]
Goldberger was nominated four times for the Nobel Prize for his important work on the link between pellagra and poor diet.