Joseph Goldberger | |
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 Epidemiologist and U.S. Public Health Service physician Joseph Goldberger. | |
| Born | July 16, 1874 |
| Died | January 17, 1929 (aged 54) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| 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.
- ^ a b Evans BK; Feinstein AR (1 September 1994). "Joseph Goldberger: an unsung hero of American clinical epidemiology". Ann Intern Med. 121 (5): 372–75. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.694.5950. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-121-5-199409010-00010. PMID 8042827. S2CID 13226008.