Gareth M. Green Excellence in Public Health Practice Award & Prize
The Division of Public Health Practice and the Office for Professional Education are sponsors for the Gareth Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice. This award is given in memory of the extraordinary professional life of Gareth M. Green, M.D., who served as Associate Dean for Professional Development and the first chair of the Advisory Council of the Division of Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Green came to the Harvard School of Public Health in 1990 from a practice of internal medicine. He believed that public health practice was essential to professional training in public health. His commitments to the highest standards of excellence in training and research have provided substantive guidelines for the advancement of public health practice.
The Gareth Green Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice is given to a student or student team for a practice project conducted while enrolled at HSPH. The project must contribute to the improvement of the health of a defined population and make a significant contribution to the work of the organization, agency or community in which it is conducted.
Eligibility information is available within the Nominations information page (pdf link below). A plaque of recognition and an award of $500.00 is presented during the graduation activities.
As of March 2008, Nominations for the Gareth Green Prize are currently being accepted and are due by May 2, 2008.
Previous winners and topics include:
2007 Community Values Assessment, Development and Evaluation Plan of a Middle School Sex Education Curriculum - Genevieve Daftary, Cynthia Mesh, Jennie Wei
2006 Evaluation of a Legal Services Program for Pediatric Patients - Lauren Hammer Breslow
2005 Coalition Building and Opportunities Fair in Jamaica Plain, MA - Ana Viamonte Ros and Norma Iris Villanueva
2004 Healthy Lifestyle Campaign at Head Start Somerville - Martha Hunt and Katarina Mucha
2003 Pharmacy Project at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center - Raymond Chunman Chan
2002 Development of the X-Pack: A Quit Smoking Aid Designed for Young Adults - Lorien C. Abroms
2001 Outreach and Enrollments of Dual Eligibles (Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries) - Ingrid Marie Nembhard
2000 Barriers to Food Stamp Use - Fay Holder, Sara Newmann, and Nooshin Razani
Visit this link for a full list of Gareth M. Green Award project descriptions.
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Contact Roberta Gianfortoni at rgianfor@hsph.harvard.edu for more information.