Honoree
Joseph J. Mamlin
AWARDS
- John W. Ryan Award for International Programs (2004)
- School of Medicine
- Indiana University Bloomington
BIOGRAPHY
From his days spent with the Peace Corps in Afghanistan to his role founding IU’s program at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Kenya’s Moi University, Joseph Mamlin has shown himself to be a devoted internationalist and humanitarian. He is a man on a mission, dedicated to using his medicine to help those less fortunate than himself.
When Mamlin retired from the IU School of Medicine faculty in 2000, he packed his bags. He wasn’t going to Florida or Arizona, though. Instead, he headed to the medical school’s exchange campus in Kenya, pledging to serve as on-site leader for several years. He was far from retired.
“Upon his return to the United States, he was offered a lucrative position with one of the nation’s most prestigious cardiology practices, but chose instead to dedicate his life to medical education and primary care medicine.
Mamlin joined the IU faculty in 1968 and was named chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and chief of Medicine at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis. Under his leadership, IU’s primary care teaching mission became the largest and one of the most influential divisions of general internal medicine in the country.
While hard at work on the home front, Mamlin also cast his eyes abroad, helping build the medical school in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and serving as a key player in the creation of the IU–Kenya Program. Established in 1989, more than 500 students and faculty members have participated in the Moi University exchange, the School of Medicine’s flagship international program. The partnership between IU and Moi University promotes the values of the medical profession and fosters leaders in health for both the United States and Kenya through medical education, research and service.
Although Mamlin is now officially retired, his peers say that his contributions to the field of medicine may be more significant than ever.
When Mamlin returned to Kenya in 2000, he was awed by the destruction wrought by AIDS and set about establishing the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH), one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and most comprehensive HIV control programs.
“He has touched souls in Afghanistan, Indianapolis and Kenya. He has provided us all with hope that we can make a difference,” said Dr. William Tierney, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, who directs research for the IU–Kenya Program.
-2004
When Mamlin retired from the IU School of Medicine faculty in 2000, he packed his bags. He wasn’t going to Florida or Arizona, though. Instead, he headed to the medical school’s exchange campus in Kenya, pledging to serve as on-site leader for several years. He was far from retired.
“Upon his return to the United States, he was offered a lucrative position with one of the nation’s most prestigious cardiology practices, but chose instead to dedicate his life to medical education and primary care medicine.
Mamlin joined the IU faculty in 1968 and was named chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and chief of Medicine at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis. Under his leadership, IU’s primary care teaching mission became the largest and one of the most influential divisions of general internal medicine in the country.
While hard at work on the home front, Mamlin also cast his eyes abroad, helping build the medical school in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and serving as a key player in the creation of the IU–Kenya Program. Established in 1989, more than 500 students and faculty members have participated in the Moi University exchange, the School of Medicine’s flagship international program. The partnership between IU and Moi University promotes the values of the medical profession and fosters leaders in health for both the United States and Kenya through medical education, research and service.
Although Mamlin is now officially retired, his peers say that his contributions to the field of medicine may be more significant than ever.
When Mamlin returned to Kenya in 2000, he was awed by the destruction wrought by AIDS and set about establishing the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH), one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest and most comprehensive HIV control programs.
“He has touched souls in Afghanistan, Indianapolis and Kenya. He has provided us all with hope that we can make a difference,” said Dr. William Tierney, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, who directs research for the IU–Kenya Program.
-2004
