Abraham Morris Lilienfeld was an American epidemiologist and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health serving in various roles; from lecturer in 1950, he rose to head of the Department of Chronic Diseases in 1961 and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in 1971 before he resigned in 1975.
12 Facts About Abraham Lilienfeld
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Abraham Lilienfeld advocated for the link between smoking and lung cancer as early as 1962.
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The American College of Epidemiology's most prestigious award, the "Abraham Lilienfeld Award", is named in his honour.
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Abraham Lilienfeld was born in New York City on November 13,1920.
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Abraham Lilienfeld graduated from Erasmus High School, whereupon he enrolled at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, allowing him to move in with his brother, Sam, in 1938.
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Abraham Lilienfeld then enrolled at Albany Medical College for a time before transferring to the University of Maryland's medical school.
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Abraham Lilienfeld joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health as a lecturer in 1950, and became an assistant professor of epidemiology there in 1952.
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Abraham Lilienfeld subsequently became the first director the Masters in Public Health Program at Johns Hopkins, and instituted its reformation and revitalization.
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Abraham Lilienfeld then became the acting chair of the Department of Mental Hygiene for a 18 or so months during which a new chair was recruited.
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Abraham Lilienfeld has been described as "instrumental" in the founding of the American College of Epidemiology in 1979.
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Abraham Lilienfeld died on August 6,1984, of a heart attack in a Baltimore train station, at the age of 63.
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The American College of Epidemiology's most prestigious award, the "Abraham Lilienfeld Award", has been awarded annually since 1985.