Ira V. Hiscock

Ira Vaughn Hiscock (May 7, 1892 – April 4, 1986) was a bacteriologist and a leading authority on public health. He was an innovator of comprehensive health surveys throughout the United States and Samoa, and led various panels of the World Health Organization.[1][2]

Born in Farmington, Maine, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and his master's degree and doctorate in public health from Yale University.

Hiscock joined the faculty of Yale in 1920. He served as Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Public Health and as chairman of the university's department of public health from 1945 to 1960.[3][4] An endowed professorship at Yale now bears his name.

He served as president of the National Health Council, the American Public Health Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.[3]

Hiscock was a pioneer in cancer research. In the early 1930s, the New Haven Cancer Committee, which he chaired, found that the city had one of the highest cancer mortality rates in New England. The committee became a model for collection of uniform data and follow-up, leading to the establishment of the Connecticut Tumor Registry in 1935.[1]

He authored more than 300 papers and several books including Community Health Organization, first published in 1927.[5][6]

References
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  3. "Dr. Ira V. Hiscock, Ex-Head Of Yale's Public Health Unit". The New York Times. 1986-04-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  4. "Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale: A Yale Tercentennial Exhibit · Public Health at Yale, 1880s-1960 · Yale University Library Online Exhibitions". onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  5. Anonymous (2011-06-22). "Ira V. Hiscock (1892-1986)". Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  6. "Collection: Ira Vaughan Hiscock papers | Archives at Yale". archives.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-24.


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