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Awards, Prizes, and Honors

At the May 29 Awards Dinner, faculty and students were recognized for academic and public service accomplishments:

Albert Schweitzer Awards were given to Leslie Hsu, master's degree student in the Department of Health and Social Behavior, and Jonathan Sorci, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health. These awards are given to one or two students whose work and activities during their academic program have been marked by a "reverance for life." Sorci has been involved in numerous projects, including a survey of prisoner health in Bolivia and, closer to home, a music program as an alternative to violence at the COMPASS school in Jamaica Plain.

Hsu was chosen to receive her Schweitzer award because of her work coordinating and impli-menting the HepB Initiative, an effort that brought together students and resources from a number of graduate schools to work with Boston's Chinatown community in offering hepatitis B screening tests and vaccinations.

Leslie Hsu's work with the HepB Initiative also earned her the Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award. This award is given to an outstanding graduating student who has expressed an interest in promoting the health and well-being of underprivileged people.

The Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Fellowship was given to Bryan Spencer, doctoral student in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. This award is given to a student whose work combines international health epidemiology and infectious disease research. Spencer will use the $2,500 fellowship to conduct a malaria study in Mexico.

The François-Xavier Bagnoud Health and Human Rights Essay Award, which recognizes the best student essay in health and human rights, was given to Carolynne Shinn, master's student in the Department of Health and Social Behavior, for her essay "The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health: Public Health's Opportunity to Reframe a Human Rights Debate in the US."

The Robert B. Reed Prize in Biostatistical Science was given to Jonathan French and Aaron Foster, both doctoral student in the Department of Biostatistics. Students who receive this award have distinguished themselves in their studies, and the award is a testament of the high regard in which the faculty holds the recipients.

The Samdperil Health Law Essay Award went to R. Jeffrey Layne, a student in the master of public health program, for his paper "Billing Fraud and the False Claims Act: An Examination of the Use of the Civil and Criminal Statutes in the Battle Against Health Care Fraud." This award is presented to a graduating student in the Program in Law and Public Health with the best research paper in health law.

The Student Recognition Award was given to Proochista Ariana, master's student in the Department of Population and International Health. This award is the highest honor that the student body bestows on a fellow student. It is given to a student who demonstrates commitment to excellence and leadership through student and/or community service-oriented action. Proochista worked extensively with the Minority Student Health Organization, coordinating a field trip to Egypt last year and organizing the weekly Global Chat functions throughout the year.

The Charles F. Wilinsky Award was given to Tanya Kachen, master's student in the Department of Health Policy and Management. This award is given to a student who demonstrates exceptional aptitude and achievement.

The Edgar Haber Award in Biological Sciences was given to Chung-Ming Hsieh, doctoral student in the Division of Biological Sciences. This award honors the memory and achievements of Haber, former director of the Division of Biological Sciences at the school. This award, given this year for the first time, will be given each year to a graduating doctoral student in recognition of original work that contributes to the understanding of biological problems of importance to public health.

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