Spero M. Manson (born May 2, 1950) is a professor of public health and psychiatry at the
Colorado School of Public Health
The Colorado School of Public Health is an accredited, collaborative school of public health representing three Colorado public educational and research institutions: the University of Colorado, Colorado State University and the University of Nort ...
's
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He also holds the Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health and has served as the director of the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health and the Associate Dean of Research at Anschutz.
Manson has published 200 articles on mental health and addiction in native populations.
He was elected to the
Institute of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, E ...
in 2002, and has received numerous awards including the 1998
Rema Lapouse Award
Rema Lapouse Award is granted to an outstanding scientist in the area of psychiatric epidemiology in recognition of "significant contributions to the scientific understanding of the epidemiology and control of mental disorders. It is sponsored ...
from the
American Public Health Association, the 2019
Bronislaw Malinowski Award from the
Society for Applied Anthropology, the
Sarnat Prize The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health was established in 1992 and is awarded annually by the National Academy of Medicine in the United States to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement ...
from the
National Academy of Medicine.
Buchwald identifies as
Pembina Chippewa and is married to
Washington State University professor
Dedra Buchwald
Dedra S. Buchwald is an American epidemiologist. She is a full professor at the Washington State University and director of their Initiative for Research and Education to Advance Community Health.
Early life and education
Buchwald was born near D ...
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References
Public health researchers
Psychiatry academics
University of Colorado faculty
University of Washington alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
Living people
1950 births
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
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