2002 Hansen Award
Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D.
Kenneth E. Warner, Ph.D., was selected as the 2002 recipient of the Hansen Leadership Award and Distinguished Lectureship. Dr. Warner is the Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
While visiting the College of Public Health to receive this award, Dr. Warner delivered a lecture titled, “Technology, Policy, and the Future of Nicotine Addiction.’ Proceedings (pdf) from Dr. Warner’s lecture are now available. This lecture was presented in conjunction with the UI Global Health Studies conference, “The Global Tobacco Epidemic: Tobacco Control in an International Context.”
Biographical Information
Kenneth E. Warner is the Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He has been on the School’s faculty since 1972. He is also Director of the University’s Tobacco Research Network and Associate Director of the University’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program. An economist, Dr. Warner earned his A.B. degree summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1968 and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University in 1970 and 1974, respectively.
Presented in 175 professional publications, Dr. Warner’s research has focused on economic and policy aspects of disease prevention and health promotion, with a special emphasis on tobacco and health. Dr. Warner served as the Senior Scientific Editor of the 25th anniversary Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, published in 1989. He is on the editorial boards of four professional journals and chairs the board of the international journal, Tobacco Control. He is a consultant to numerous governmental bodies, voluntary organizations, and businesses, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Legacy Foundation. Dr. Warner has testified before the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. He currently serves as the World Bank’s representative to the negotiations on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the World Health Organization’s attempt to develop an international tobacco control treaty.