George W. Comstock

George W. Comstock was born on January 7, 1915, in Niagara Falls, New York, to George Frederick Comstock, a metallurgical engineer, and Ella Gardner Wills Comstock. He graduated from Antioch College in 1937. In 1941, he obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. ==Career==

Public Health Service Comstock joined the United States Public Health Service in 1942 and served as captain for 21 years. During this time, he conducted the first trials of the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis in Georgia and Alabama (1947–1951). The results of these trials were key in the decision not to implement the vaccine in the United States. Public health education He received a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 195? and Doctorate of Public Health in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 1956. He subsequently joined their faculty and taught there for more than 50 years. Tuberculosis treatment research In 1957, he led research in Bethel, Alaska, estimating the high burden of tuberculosis and demonstrating the drug isoniazid's effectiveness in preventing the disease. ==Awards and contributions==

Comstock authored hundreds of scientific papers and received numerous awards, including the John Snow Award from the American Public Health Association, the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal from the American Thoracic Society, the Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Career Research Award. ==References==