{"id":69510,"date":"2025-07-08T15:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=69510"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:10:38","slug":"weber-honored-with-elaine-larson-distinguished-scientist-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/weber-honored-with-elaine-larson-distinguished-scientist-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Weber Honored with Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44761\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 260px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber.jpeg\" alt=\"david-weber\" width=\"250\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber-267x300.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber-301x338.jpeg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Weber, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David Weber, MD, MPH, received the <a href=\"https:\/\/apic.org\/about-apic\/awards\/distinguished-awards\/distinguished-scientist\/\">Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award f<\/a>rom the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). The APIC is the leading professional association for infection preventionists with more than 15,000 members. Their mission is to advance the science and practice of infection prevention and control.<\/p>\n<p>The award was established to honor the groundbreaking contributions of Dr. Elaine Larson. Dr. Larson is a luminary in the field of infection prevention. Since the Award was initiated in 2001, it continues to serve as a prestigious recognition within the scientific community, celebrating the exceptional achievements of scholars who have demonstrated significant and sustained contributions to the science of infection prevention and control. Each year, The Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award is bestowed upon an individual who embodies scholarly excellence and leadership that has helped to build the field\u2019s knowledge base and influence clinical practices and public health policies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Jay Weber is the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Weber, MD, MPH, received the Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). The APIC is the leading professional association for infection preventionists with more than 15,000 members. Their mission is to advance the science and practice of infection prevention and control. The award was established &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/weber-honored-with-elaine-larson-distinguished-scientist-award\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Weber Honored with Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112673,"featured_media":5944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[641,100,2],"tags":[686],"class_list":["post-69510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accolades-awards-appointments","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-686","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weber Honored with Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/weber-honored-with-elaine-larson-distinguished-scientist-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weber Honored with Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Weber, MD, MPH, received the Elaine Larson Distinguished Scientist Award from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). 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