The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) will be honoring Dr. Peter Orris with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his work made in the context of the WFPHA’s Environmental Health Working Group and in campaigns to improve environmental health. The award will be given out during the 15th World Congress on Public Health in Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Orris, MD, MPH, is a Professor and Chief of Service at the Occupational Health Service Institute within the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. He also contributes valuable research and collaboration to Health Care Without Harm. The strategic work of Dr. Orris with the WFPHA, the World Medical Association, and other organizations has been critical to the worldwide environmental health movement.