Awards
Brinker has received the following awards and titles:
- Reader's Digest Trust Poll: The 100 Most Trusted People in America, May, 2013
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009
- Time magazine, 100 Most Influential People in the World
- Ladies’ Home Journal’s 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century
- Biography Magazine’s The 25 Most Powerful Women in America
- Anti-Defamation League Americanism Award
- The Ladies' Home Journal's Top 10 Champions of Women's Health
- 2009 Porter Prize
- 2005 Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award in Support of Medical Research
- The Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen
- 2007 Trumpet Award
- 2007 Castle Connolly National Health Leadership Award
- The Texas Governor's Award for Outstanding National Service
- 2007 Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal
- American Association for Cancer Research Centennial Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 2007
- 2007 IARC Medal of Honour
- The American Society of Breast Disease 2006
- Global Pathfinder Award
- 2004 Service to America Leadership Award presented by the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation
- The Champions of Excellence Award presented by the Centers for Disease Control
- ASCO Special Recognition Award
- Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, Inc. Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame
- Modern Healthcare 2007 Health Care Hall of Fame
- The Sword of Ignatius Loyola Award from Saint Louis University
- The Healthcare Humanitarian Award presented by the Global Conference Institute
- Toastmasters International Top Five Speakers for 2001 Award
- The Sisters Network 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award
- The 2000 Cino del Duca Award, the James Ewing Layman Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology
- The 1999 Caring Award
- The Albert Einstein's Sarnoff Volunteer Award
- The first Salomon Smith Barney Extraordinary Achievement Award
- The Champion of Prevention Award by the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control
- 1995 University of Illinois Alumni Achievement Award
- Inducted into the Cancer Research and Treatment Fund, Inc. Cancer Survivors Hall of Fame
- The American Society of Breast Surgeons Lifetime Achievement Award—2003
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