Maxwell Finland Award

The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement is an award given annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to a scientist who has made "outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health," based on criteria that include "excellence in clinical and/or research activities; participation in the training of future leaders in the field; and positive impact on the health of humankind." The award is named after epidemiologist Maxwell Finland, who investigated antimicrobial resistance. The first award was given in 1988.

Past winners
• 1988: C. Everett Koop

• 1989: Anthony S. Fauci

• 1991: P. Roy Vagelos

• 1992: Mrs. Albert Lasker and Michael E. DeBakey

• 1993: Arthur Ashe

• 1994: Elizabeth Dole

• 1995: Dale Bumpers and Betty F. Bumpers

• 1996: Paul G. Rogers

• 1997: Joshua Lederberg

• 1998: Maurice Hilleman

• 1999: Stanley Falkow

• 2000: R. Gordon Douglas, Jr.

• 2001: Robert Austrian

• 2002: Jerome O. Klein

• 2003: George W. Comstock

• 2004: George H. McCracken, Jr.

• 2005: John G. Bartlett

• 2006: Robert C. Moellering, Jr.

• 2007: Herbert L. DuPont

• 2008: Martin S. Hirsch

• 2009: Stanley A. Plotkin

• 2010: Richard P. Wenzel

• 2011: R. Palmer Beasley

• 2012: George L. Drusano

• 2013: Paul Offit

• 2014: Richard L. Guerrant

• 2015: Samuel Katz

• 2016: Diane E. Griffin

• 2017: Myron M. Levine

• 2018: Kathryn M. Edwards

• 2019: Anne Gershon

• 2020: Claire V. Broome

• 2021: William A. Petri

• 2022: Barney S. Graham