sentences:  He is an elected member of the National Academy Medicine and the former president of the American College of Preventive Medicine.In 2006, Fielding received the American Public Health Association (APHA)’s oldest and most prestigious award, the Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Public Health.In 2008, he was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt to chair the Secretary's Advisory Committee on the 2020 Health Objectives for the Nation, and in 2016 appointed a Co-Chair emeritus for the Advisory Committee for the 2030 national Health Objectives.