About Lester Breslow and the Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture
Often referred to as “Mr. Public Health,” Dr. Lester Breslow was among the first to quantify the health benefits/risks and associations with life expectancy of exercise, diet, sleep, and smoking. Breslow is credited with helping to expand the definition of public health beyond the historical concentration on communicable disease to include individual behavior and the effects of community and environment.