Delta Omega is an international honorary society for studies in public health. It was founded in 1924 at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The society has regular and honorary members. Regular members include students, faculty, and alumni of institutions with chapters. Honorary members are inducted by the national officers. Following are some of Delta Omega's notable members.

Regular members

NationChapter and initiation dateNotabilityMary AmdurBeta, 1953Toxicologist and public health researcher who worked primarily on pollutionHaroutune ArmenianAlpha, 1985President of the American University of ArmeniaTimothy D. BakerAlpha, 1975Professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthTrevor BeardZetamedical doctor, best known for his work in the 1960s to eradicate echinococcosisBertha C. BoschulteDelta, 1951General Services Director of the Department of Health, Danish Virgin IslandsJane A. CauleyOmicron, 1990Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and an associate dean for research at the University of PittsburghDavid CelentanoAlpha, 1995Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthRaphael E. CuomoSigma, 2014Biomedical scientist and associate professor at the University of California, San DiegoBarbara CurbowAlpha, 1998Professor and chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health at the University of MarylandAndrew Paul FeinbergAlpha, 1981Director of the center for Epigenetics and professor in the Johns Hopkins School of MedicineRalph R. Frerichs1970professor emeritus of epidemiology at the University of California, Los AngelesStephen GangeAlpha, 2002professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of MedicineCarol GarrisonThetaPresident of the University of Alabama at BirminghamHelene D. GayleAlpha, 1999President of Spelman College and CEO of the Chicago Community TrustMaura L. GillisonAlpha, 2001medical oncologist and molecular epidemiologist credited with establishing a connection between HPV and oral cancerSherita Hill GoldenAlpha, 2000Professor of endocrinology and metabolism at Johns Hopkins UniversityCéline GounderAlpha, 2000Physician and medical journalist who specializes in infectious diseases and global healthIrva Hertz-PicciottoTheta, 1998professor and chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of California, DavisEdgar Erskine HumeAlphaPhysician and major general in the United States Army Medical CorpsElizabeth A. HuntAlpha, 2002Pediatric intensivist, critical-care specialist, and director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation CenterAdnan HyderAlpha, 1998Professor of global health at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public HealthJi JiafuAlpha, 2022Surgical oncologist and professor in gastrointestinal surgery at Peking UniversityRenee M. JohnsonTheta, 2005Associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthKami KandolaAlpha, 1997Chief Medical Officer for the Northwest Territories, CanadaBrian KingGamma Lambda, 2014Director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco ProductsThomas D. KirschAlpha, 2006professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Whiting School of EngineeringShiriki KumanyikaAlpha, 1984Emeritus Professor of biostatistics and epidemiology at the Perelman School of MedicineLisa Morrissey LaVangeTheta, 1998Professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthRuth Link-GellesTheta, 2016Epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a commander in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.Beaufort LongestOmicron, 1995Professor emeritus of health policy and management at the University of PittsburghMarie McCormickAlpha, 1995Pediatrician and professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthAnne B. NewmanOmicron, 2005Chair of population health science at the University of PittsburghAdeiyewunmi OsinubiTau, 2014Documentary filmmaker and an emergency medicine resident physician at the University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineJonas SalkDelta, 1947Virologist and medical researcher who invented the polio vaccineDale SandlerAlpha, 2012Chief of the epidemiology branch at the National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesMoyses SzkloAlpha, 1980Professor of epidemiology and medicine at the Johns Hopkins University and editor-in-chief emeritus of the American Journal of EpidemiologyDaniel WebsterAlpha, 2005Health policy researcher at the Center for Gun Policy and ResearchPaul WheltonAlphaPhysician and scientist who has contributed to the fields of hypertension and kidney disease epidemiologyCalvin ZippinZeta, 1954Professor Emeritus in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UCSF School of Medicine

Honorary members

NationChapter and initiation dateNotabilitySara Josephine BakerHonorary, 1924Physician who contributed to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York CityJohn M. BarryHonorary, 2009author and professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineRegina BenjaminHonorary, 2011Surgeon General of the United StatesPeter BuxtunHonorary, 2019Epidemiologist with the United States Public Health Service who exposed Tuskegee Syphilis ExperimentCharles V. ChapinHonorary, 1927Superintendent of health for Providence, Rhode Island; professor at Brown University; and public health researcherMandy CohenHonorary, 2024Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionHugh S. CummingHonorary, 1929Surgeon General of the United StatesBarbara Ann DeBuonoHonorary, 2008New York State Commissioner of Health and professional lecturer at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public HealthAnthony FauciHonorary, 2022Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical advisor to the presidentKristine GebbieHonorary, 2010public health official and professor at the Flinders University School of Nursing & MidwiferyMona HannaHonorary, 2018Pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate who exposed Flint water crisisHerbert HooverHonorary, 1929President of the United StatesWilson JamesonHonorarymedical doctor and the ninth Chief Medical Officer of EnglandGeorge Walter McCoyHonorary, 1930medical doctor, international expert on leprosy, and director of the National Institute of HealthVivek MurthyHonorary, 2023Vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United StatesArthur NewsholmeHonorary, 1924public health expert who promoted local health programs and the national health insurance in while the Medical Officer with the national Local Government Board for England and WalesWilliam Hallock ParkHonorarybacteriologist and laboratory director at the New York City Board of Health, Division of Pathology, Bacteriology, and DisinfectionThomas ParranHonorary, 1938Surgeon General of the United States who oversaw the notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment and Guatemala syphilis experimentJohn Edward PorterHonorary, 2000United States House of RepresentativesWatson Smith RankinHonorary, 1924Dean of the School of Medicine at Wake Forest College and North Carolina's first full-time state health officerMazÿck P. RavenelHonorary, 1931Professor of preventive medicine at the University of Missouri and president of the American Public Health AssociationFrederick F. RussellHonorary, 1929Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, physician, and virologist who perfected a typhoid vaccineDavid SatcherHonorary, 1998Surgeon General of the United StatesBryan StevensonHonorary, 2021Social justice activist, professor at New York University School of Law, and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice InitiativeShannon WattsHonorary, 2019Gun safety activistGretchen WhitmerHonorary, 2020Governor of Michigan

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