Graduation
Welcome, graduates! The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard University look forward to celebrating and documenting your achievements.
Awards
Join us to celebrate on Tuesday May 27 at 11:30 am in Kresge Cafeteria!
Each year several awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, researchers, and staff at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The criteria and nomination processes vary. Please visit each award for more information.
Student awards
Albert Schweitzer Award
A certificate to one or more graduating students whose past work and current activities exemplify a reverence for life and who have sought, as expressed by Schweitzer, “to make my life my argument.”
The nomination deadline for the Albert Schweitzer Award is April 25, 2025.
2024 Max Boulet
2023 Jemar Ryan Bather
2020 Margaret McConnell Sullivan
2019 Laila Fozouni
2018 Benjamin Ohios Aiwonodagbon
2017 John Park
2016 Leeya Pinder
2015 Avik Chatterjee
2014 Rebecca Kruisselbrink
2013 Mary Mwanyika Sando
2012 Monica Bharel
2011 Robert Hughes
2010 Michelle Lugalia
2009 Rena Greifinger
2008 Brian Jeffrey Swann
2007 Jesse M. Rohde
2006 Jean Raphael, Fabian Togel
2005 Sarah Chapman Oppenheimer
2004 Geetanjali Datta, Annemarie Sparrow
2003 Charlene Worley
2002 William K.M. Tan
2001 Joshua D. Bloom, Patrik L. Johansson
2000 Kezevino Aram, Kimberlee Denise Wyche
1999 Joseph F. West
1998 Leslie Hsu, Jonathan Sorci
1997 Wilfred M. Bacham
1996 Nedim Jaganjac, Ozren Tosic
1995 Rokho Kim
1994 Vineeta Rastogi, Mary Catherine Smith
1993 Anita Jackson, Gina Moreno
1992 Anne Robinson
1991 A. Rob Moodie
Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award
Awarded each year to an outstanding graduating student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who is dedicated to promoting the health of vulnerable people.
The nomination deadline for the Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award is April 25, 2025.
2024 Eniolami Dosunmu
2023 Bushra Khan
2022 Abrania Marrero Hernández
2021 Andrew Sungyup Chun
2020 Shahrzad Joharifard
2019 Christine McKellar Mitchell
2018 Mary Melissa Wesley
2017 Katie Cueva
2016 Nicole Kau’i Baumhofer
2015 Kimberly Chang
2014 Lily Gutnik, Rebecca Hope
2013 Anne Marie Newland
2012 Joshua Lee Glasser
2011 Gregory Keane
2010 Dan Schwarz
2009 Lindsay Erin Rosenfeld
2008 Bethany Lynn Hedt
2007 Jill Roncarati
2006 Julie Herlihy
2005 Ernest Ryan Guevarra
2004 Annemarie Sparrow
2003 Ernest Castro Lee
2002 Donal K. Warne
2001 Patrik L. Johansson
Edgar Haber Award
Presented annually to one graduating Ph.D. or S.D. student in the Division of Biological Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The nomination deadline for the Edgar Haber Award is April 4, 2025.
2024 Krystle Kalafut
2023 Sydney Stanley
2022 Kevin Ma
2021 Margaret Torrence
2020 Nathan Hicks, Kristine Werling
2019 Nelson Knudsen
2018 Wesley Wong
2017 Kathleen Whittle Dantzler
2016 Michelle Rooks
2015 Karen Kieser
2014 Ediz Suha Calay
2013 Christopher Burton Ford
2012 Jessica Lucas Yecies
2011 Shannon Marie Reilly
2010 Margaret Frances Gregor
Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice
Recognizes a student team or individual whose project in public health practice contributes to the improvement of health of a defined population and makes a significant contribution to the public health practice knowledge base.
The nomination deadline for the Gareth M. Green Award is April 15, 2025.
2024 Patrick Chen, Faisal Reza, Kasey Pomeroy
2023 Audrey Thuy Ngoc Nguyen
2022 Samuel Anthony Johnston
2021 Fortunate Fungisai Chifamba, Masafumi Funato, Penny Sun
2020 Takahiro (Kinoshita) Kinoshita, Keiko Kunitoki
2019 Lilit Kazazian, Sudipta Saha, Noor Zanial
2018 Daniel Myran
2017 Ann Crawford Roberts, Sidra Bonner, Michelle Lough, Nana Yaa Misa, Kara Tucker Percival, Nichole Gail, Tumaliwan Roxas, Nhi Tu Tran
2016 Omar Elmadhoun, Nkemjika Ugonabo
2015 Michael Chaitkin, Michael Gilbert, Yoriko Nakamura, Julia Pridgen, Miriam Zichlin
2014 Sarah Nouri, Ashlin Mountjoy, Flora Nunez, Vanessa Cobian
2013 Ali Chisti, Jonathan Lichkus
2012 Jessica Terese Celentano, Alex Urban Cox, Joseph David Lippi
2011 Michael Hadley, Thom McHale, Dana Thomson
2010 Husain Gulamhusein
James H. Ware Award for Achievement in the Practice of Public Health
Awarded to a student upon graduation who has demonstrated commitment and achievement and has advanced the cause of public health practice while enrolled as a student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The nomination deadline for the James H. Ware Award is April 15, 2025.
2024 Julia Hummel Jimenez
2023 Christian Groth Hoover
2022 Patience Sumbawiera Saaka
2021 Allison Jo Hempenstall, Wilfredo Rafael Matias
2020 Nathan Hodson
2019 Tiana Woolridge
2018 Kia L. Byrd
2017 Theresa Timmes
2016 Madeline Morcelle
2015 Maeve O’Neill Trudeau
2014 Courtney Cox, Kelsey Gleason, Julia Hellman, Jami King, Raphael Nepomuceno, Corey Peak, Phillip Summers, Rachel Whelan
2013 Adeel Khan
2012 Atena Asiaii
2011 Bert Govig
2010 Ellen Connorton, Stella Safo
2009 Ashley Carlson
Marianne Wessling-Resnick Biological Sciences in Public Health (BPH) Student Service Award
Presented annually in July to a current student or student team who has shown extraordinary commitment to the improvement of the program and experience of fellow students at Harvard. Awarded to a student who has gone above and beyond their normal training and daily tasks to improve the experience and well-being of BPH peers and, through dedication and depth of service, demonstrated leadership and commitment to the members of the Harvard community.
The nomination deadline for the Marianne Wessling-Resnick Biological Sciences in Public Health (BPH) Student Service Award is April 4, 2025.
2024 Joanna Olivas
2023 Kiwi Florido, Lissah Johnson
2022 Joanna Olivas
2021 Joanna Krawczyk, Maria Perez-Matos, Chimwemwe Mwase
2020 Samantha Giffen, Caroline Keroack
Robert B. Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science
The Robert Balentine Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science is awarded each year to the student(s) receiving the highest grade on the Department’s written qualifying exam.
2024 Tejasvi “TJ” Channagiri
2023 Dylan Clark-Boucher, Lee Ding
2022 Tony Chen, Jenna Landy, Zebin Wang
2021 Eric Cohn
2020 Shuting Shen
2019 Alexander Levis, Molei Liu
2018 Helian Feng, Jonathan Larson
2017 Xihao Li
2016 Siyuan Ma
2015 Boyu Ren
2014 Sixing Chen
2013 Yuanyuan Shen
2012 Matey Neykov
2011 Shira Mitchell
2010 Wei Dai
2009 Kaustubh Adhikari
2008 Gourab De, Elizabeth Ogburn
2007 Lee Dicker
2006 Rajeev Ayyagari
2005 Martin Aryee, Lu Wang, Rui Wang
2004 Xiao Ding
2003 Lingling Li
2002 Jarek Harezlak
2001 Yannis Jemiai, Lu Zheng
2000 Denise Scholtens
1999 Lu Tian
1998 Scarlett Bellamy, Stephen Lake
1997 (Fall) Jonathan French, Aaron Foster
1997 (Spring) Tianxi Cai, Steven Horvath
1996 Jason Fine
1995 Qian Li, Hongwei Zhao
Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Fellowship
The Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding doctoral student conducting field research in international health epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The nomination deadline for the Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Fellowship is April 9, 2025.
2024 (Fall) Sun Kim
Teaching and mentoring awards
Executive and Continuing Education Excellence in Teaching Award
Recognizes a faculty member’s commitment to continued learning.
2024 Ellen Zane
2023 Felipe Fregni
2022 Rifat Atun
2021 Karen Allison Curley
2020 Lou J. DiBerardinis
2019 Mary C. Finlay, Laurie S. Pascal
2018 Edward Maher
2017 Leonard Marcus
2016 Nicolaas Pronk, Glorian Sorensen
2015 Jack T. Dennerlein
Marianne Wessling-Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award
The award honors Marianne Wessling-Resnick’s memory by supporting faculty members at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in recognition of their commitment and achievement in the areas of mentorship, academic excellence, and service to the community, with a preference for recipients who have demonstrated exceptional mentorship, especially of women.
The nomination deadline for the Marianne Wessling-Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award is 15 February, 2025.
2024 Jane Kim
2023 Francine Laden
Mentoring Awards
Mentoring awards are based on student nominations and recognize faculty members or instructors who have enriched the academic, professional, or personal development of students.
The nomination deadline for the Mentoring Awards is April 25, 2025.
2024 Susan Madden, Margareta Matache, William C. Vanderwagen
2023 William “Bill” Bean, Brittany Charlton, Mingyang Song
2022 Emma-Louise “Emmilie” Aveling, Jaime Elizabeth Hart, Lorelei Mucci
2021 Jarvis Chen, Peter James, Rebekka Lee
2020 Monik Carmen Jimenez, Margaret Anne McConnell, Nicolas Alan Menzies
2019 Jesse Bump, Josh Gagne, Nancy Turnbull,
2018 Jessica Lee Cohen, Laura Kubzansky, Janet Rich-Edwards
2017 Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, Gunther Fink, Sebastien Haneuse, Cassandra Okechukwu
2016 William Bean, Stacey Missmer, Meredith Rosenthal
2015 Joan Reede, Nancy Turnbull, Michelle Williams
2014 Ed Giovannucci, Ben Sommers
2013 Steven Gortmaker, Paul Gregg Greenough, Xihong Lin, Matthew Miller
2012 Robert Blendon, Gunther Fink, Maria Glymour, Stephen Marks
2011 Marica Castro, Miguel Hernan, Chih-Hao Lee, Murray Mittleman
2010 Sofia Gruskin, Gokhan Hotamisligil, James Shine
2009 William Hsiao, Xihong Li, Katherine Swartz, Nancy Turnbull
2008 Matthew Gillman
2007 Brent Coull, Saidi Kapiga
2006 Marc Lipsitch
2005 Nancy Turnbull
2004 Sue Goldie, Karen Kuntz
2003 Deloras Acevedo-Garcia, Mary Jean Brown
2002 Matthew Wand
2001 Jack Kasten
2000 Louise Ryan
1999 Nancy Turnbull
Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award
The Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award is awarded to a member of the Harvard T.H. Chan School primary faculty who has enhanced the quality of education in public health by honoring outstanding achievement in teaching at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The award recognizes excellence in classroom instruction, capacity to inspire students, and dedication to teaching.
The nomination deadline for the Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award is May 14, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
2024 Ben Sommers
2023 Margaret “Maggie” McConnell
2022 Ankur Pandya
2021 John E. McDonough
2020 Sue Goldie
2019 Ichiro Kawachi
2018 Marcia Castro
2017 Heather Baer
2016 Garrett Fitzmaurice
2015 E. Francis Cook
2014 Brent Coull
2013 Arnold Epstein
2012 Joseph Pliskin
2011 S. Bryn Austin
2010 Michelle Mello
2009 Paul Catalano
2008 Richard Siegrist
2007 Julie Buring
2006 Nancy Kane
2005 Michael Reich
2004 Yi Li
2003 Lawren Daltroy
2002 Julie Buring
2001 Joel Swartz
2000 James Maguire
1999 Kimberlee Gauvreau
1998 Jane Gardner
Sastry Award for Outstanding Teaching in Public Health
Established through the generosity of Dr. Srinivas Sastry, the Sastry Award for Outstanding Teaching of Public Health recognizes up to two faculty members each academic year for their significant impact on students and the ways they have, through excellent teaching, inspired students to reach their public health goals. Individuals will receive $10,000 in celebration of their significant impact on students.
The nomination deadline for the Sastry Award for Outstanding Teaching in Public Health is April 25, 2025.
2024 Murray A. Mittleman, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
2023 Jarvis Chen, Heather Mattie
2022 Jesse Boardman Bump, Nancy Turnbull
Teaching Citation Award
Teaching citations are awarded to course instructors based on student course evaluations, particularly questions that assess teaching quality and teaching effectiveness.
The nomination deadline for the Teaching Citation Award is May 14, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
2024 Linda Cyr, Brian Curran Healy, Pamela Marie Rist, Jack Rossin
2023 Gary Adamkiewicz, Paul Catalano, Monik Jimenez, Michaela Kerrissey
2022 Albert Hofman, Rocio Hurtado, Shoba Ramanadhan, Edward Thomas Ryan
2021 Linda A. Cyr, Cyra Perry Dougherty, Fawn Phelps, Ameet Sarpatwari, Aisha Yousafzai
2020 Jessica L. Cohen, Kimberlee Gauvreau, John E. McDonough, Elizabeth Mostofsky
2019 Linda Kaboolian, Maggie McConnell, Ben Sommers
2018 E. John Orav, Pamela Marie Rist, Elizabeth Seeley
2017 William Bean, David Bloom, Ankur Pandya
2016 Jacqueline Bhabha, Murray Mittleman, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Reginald D. Tucker-Seeley
2015 Garrett Fitzmaurice, David Javitch, Rima Rudd, Susan Sherry
2014 Thomas Bossert, Nancy Krieger, Joseph Rhatigan, Sara Singer
2013 Heather Baer, Theresa Betancourt, Joshua Salomon, Benjamin Sommers
2012 Brent Coull, Jane Kim
2011 David Harrington, Matthew Miller, Meredith B. Rosenthal
2010 E. Francis Cook, Laura Kubzansky, E. John Orav, Dorothy Puhy, Howard Rivenson
2009 S. Bryn Austin, Deborah Devaux
2008 Delores Acevedo-Garcia, Barry Dorn, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Leonard Marcus
2007 Immaculata Devivo, William Hsiao
2006 Claude Bruderlein, Alan Hill, George Seage
2005 David Bloom, Miquel Hernan, Michelle Mello
2004 Ichiro Kawachi, Richard Levins, Michelle Mello
2003 Jack Dennerlein, Donald Halstead, David Hemenway, Lester Kobzik
2002 Robert Blendon, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Megan Murray
2001 Karin Dumbaugh, Ellen Eisen, Kimberlee Gauvreau
2000 Jennifer Leaning, John McDonough, Marc Mitchell
1999 David Harrington, William Hsiao, K.T. Li, Daniel Moriarty
1998 Robert Blendon, David Hemenway, Michael Reich
Teaching Fellow Award
TF awards recognize the important contributions of teaching assistants to education at Harvard Chan, and are based on student course evaluations.
The nomination deadline for the Teaching Fellow Award is May 14, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.
2024 Nicole Kogan, Tamara Rushovich, Jhordan Wynne, Intekhab Hossain, Shelton Lo
2023 Naiyu Chen, Jen Cruz, Patrick Emedom-Nnamdi, Keya Joshi, Emily Wright
2022 Elizabeth Lauren Hentschel, Bethany Kotlar, Jessica Liu, Anna Siefkas, Alejandro Szmulewicz
2021 Onisha Etkins, Tiffany Lemon, Obiageli Oluwaseun Lorreta Okafor, Kathryn Scott Tomsho, Jinyi Zhu
2020 Aayush Khadka, Nazleen Fatema Khan, Jonathan Larson, Circe J. Gray Le Compte, Michele Zemplenyi
2019 Geetha Iyer, Koichiro Shiba, Joy Shi, Kamrine Poels
2018 Kaitlyn Ann Cook, Jaquelyn Lorraine Jahn, Lyndon Paul Colm Ellis James, Kevin Hughes Kensler, Lauren Jacqueline Tanz
2017 Avanti Adhia, Matthew Hitchings, Thomas Madsen, Emily Slade
2016 Carolyn Brooks, Kaitlin Hagan, Elysia Larson, Vidit Munshi
2015 Ying Chen, Rockli Kim, Sarah Peskoe, Mingyang Song
2014 Courtney Cox, Allegra Gordon, Heather Mattie
2013 Sharelle Barber, NaNa Keum, Emilie Zoltick
2012 Caitlin Eicher Caspi, Ankur Pandya, Pamela Marie Rist, Kristin Scott
2011 Peter Lipman, Jesse Ortendahl, Anna Snavely
2010 Behrooz Behbod, Monica Wang
Staff awards
Acknowledging Commitment and Excellence (ACE) Award
Presented to staff (individuals or a team of 2–5) who have made an extraordinary effort—in addition to their regular responsibilities—to accomplish something special, or exemplified extraordinary commitment to the workplace and the School’s mission; or a manager who led by example and effectively developed and recognized staff while fostering an environment of collaboration.
Harvard Heroes
Awarded to celebrate the accomplishments of Harvard staff whose work supports the mission of Harvard at the highest levels of contribution, impact, and excellence.
Sarah K. Wood Award for Outstanding Staff Performance
This award recognizes a staff member who demonstrates the qualities of dedication, competence, positive attitude, initiative, and ability to mentor, encourage, and inspire others, in addition to a demonstrated commitment to the School and its mission.
2024 Patrice Clare Brown
2023 Rocky Stroud II
2022 Jaime Mchunu
2021 Eric DiGiovanni
2020 Coppelia Liebenthal
2019 Katrina Soriano
2018 Catherine M. Giles
2017 Catherine Barber
2016 David Havelick
2015 Barbara Heil
Community awards
LGBTQ Health Equity Award
Awarded to a student, faculty, staff, or postdoc who has demonstrated a commitment to promoting and improving health for LGBTQ people.
The nomination deadline for the LGBTQ Health Equity Award is April 18, 2025.
2024 S. Bryn Austin, Colleen Reynolds
Harvard Chan Values in Action Awards
The inaugural Harvard Chan Values in Action Awards honor a student, a staff member, and an academic appointee who embody the School’s core principles: respect, integrity, collegiality, and commitment.
2025 is the first year recipients will be recognized for this award.
The nomination deadline for the Harvard Chan Values in Action Award is April 25, 2025.