Graduation 2025: Award winners
Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Winners were announced at a celebration held in Kresge Cafeteria on May 27.
Student awards
Edgar Haber Award
Alexandra Probst, PhD ’25
Marianne Wessling-Resnick Biological Sciences in Public Health (BPH) Student Service Award
Maria Camila Perez Matos, PhD ’25
Robert B. Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science
Tejasvi Channagiri, PhD ’29
Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice
Teguo Djoyum, DrPH ’25
Erin McGuinness, DrPH ’25
Olabiyi Hezekiah Olaniran, MPH ’25
Read about their work: Students help bolster mental health, epilepsy care at Ugandan clinic
James H. Ware Award for Achievement in the Practice of Public Health
Miriam Krimmer, MPH ’25
Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award
Uma Gaddamanugu, MPH ’25
Albert Schweitzer Award
Natalia Vivas, MPH ’25
Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award
Sun Kim, PhD ’25
Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Teaching Citation Awards
Emmilie Aveling, lecturer on health research and qualitative methods
Bonnie Blanchfield, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management
Christopher Golden, associate professor of nutrition and planetary health
Kayla Laserson, adjunct lecturer on epidemiology
Samir Sodha, instructor, Department of Epidemiology
Teaching Fellow Awards
Anuska Kalita, DrPH ’25
Dena Javadi, PhD’25
Daniel Xu, PhD’25
Yiwen Zhu, PhD’25
Executive and Continuing Education Excellence in Teaching Award
Ted Witherell, lecturer on health management
Mentoring Awards
Julie Lauffenburger, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology
Cindy Leung, assistant professor of public health nutrition
Stéphane Verguet, associate professor of global health
Sastry Award for Oustanding Teaching in Public Health
Shoba Ramanadhan, associate professor of social and behavioral sciences
Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award
Erin Lake, lecturer on biostatistics
Community Awards
LGBTQ Health Equity Award
Samuel Romero Mendez, PhD ’25
Values in Action Award
Beatrice Frain, senior administrative and project coordinator
Alexis Miranda, PhD ’27
Lorelei Mucci, professor of epidemiology
Staff Awards
Acknowledging Commitment and Excellence (ACE) Award
Rebecca Robert, senior executive and development coordinator, Ariadne Labs
Harvard Heroes Awards
Jeffrey Adams, senior research manager, Weisskopf Lab
Henrique Coelho, assistant director for PPCR program administration, Executive and Continuing Education
Megan Kerin, assistant director, Office of Educational Programs
Marie Richard, director of administration in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Sarah K. Wood Award for Outstanding Staff Performance
Nicole Costa, assistant director for administration and operations, Executive and Continuing Education
