The GPTW Recognition Award program resulted from a School-wide survey in 2002 that indicated employees would welcome a way for extra effort to be acknowledged. Staff, faculty, and other academic appointees are eligible.

The program is open to nominations at any time and continues to collect them. See below.

Recognize Your Colleagues for Extraordinary Effort

$100 Gift Certificates to Be Awarded from www.GiftCertificates.com

HSPH staff, faculty, and postdocs are eligible to be nominated by other HSPH staff, faculty, and postdocs in recognition for clearly going above and beyond their typical day-to-day employee responsibilities.

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Trio Twice Honored

Three of the 50 employees honored by their colleagues during the latest GPTW Recognition Award effort received awards during the first round in January. The trio will receive a letter of appreciation and a small gift. Nominees may receive only one gift certificate each fiscal year.

Sarah Freeman works as a project coordinator for the College Alumni Health Study and a database management assistant for the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. She has worked at HSPH since 1981 and splits her time between the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology. "The fact that I have stayed here so long says something about what I think about the School," said Freeman. "I Iike being part of an organization that has a mission to make the world a better place."

Eleanor Livingston is director of administration for the busy Department of Nutrition.

She began working at HSPH 19 years ago and says that she thinks of herself as a business manager, overseeing financial and administrative responsibilities so that the researchers can focus on their work.

She said she was stunned to learn that she had been nominated a second time.

Vickie Beaulieu has worked as a program coordinator in the Department of Biostatistics for more than three years. Prior to HSPH, she worked in Harvard's Office for Sponsored Research for more than 20 years. She is currently focused on organizing three major lectures and award ceremonies: Distinguished Alum Award, Marvin Zelen Leadership Award, and the Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecture.

"It's really nice to be recognized for the work that you do," she said. "I am touched that someone would take the extra time to nominate me when the faculty and staff are so busy."

Latest Winners of the GPTW Recognition Award

Patricia Alves, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Patrice Ayers, EH/Physiology
Vickie Beaulieu, Biostatistics
Mathew Bolton, Registrar's Office
Kris Booker, Information Technology
Michele Brooks, Society, Human Development, and Health
Bob Brustman, Academic Affairs
Randall Chaput, Epidemiology
Troy Clark, Operations
Mark Corte, Sebastian's Cafe
Mary Jane Curran, Operations
Akram Da'dara, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Johanna Daily, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Rose Doherty, Office of the Dean
Sarah Freeman, Nutrition
Stephen Gilman, Society, Human Development, and Health
Lisa Ginex, Office for Resource Development
Jim Glover, Office for Student Affairs
Medellena Glymour, Society, Human Development, and Health
Phoebe Hackett, Biostatistics
Andrew Harthan, Division of Public Health Practice
Maribel Herrera, Society, Human Development, and Health
Armand Inezian, Society, Human Development, and Health
Laura Jay, Society, Human Development, and Health
Jan Juley, Biostatistics
Steve Lagakos, Biostatistics
Eleanor Livingston, Nutrition
Noreen Loughran, Society, Human Development, and Health
Elaine Lynch, Society, Human Development, and Health
Arlene Man, Health Policy and Management
Matthew Manne, CBAR
Patricia McGaffigan, HPM/HICRC
Donna McLean, Registrar's Office
Katrina Meyer, Health Policy and Management
Kevin Myron, Office of Communications
Eilis O'Reilly, Nutrition
Stephen Perroni, CCPE
Neena Philip, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
Julie Rioux, Population and International Health
Rubim Rwakabuba, Division of Public Health Practice
Christiana Semper, Epidemiology
Chris Shearrion, Operations
Lia Shimada, Environmental Health
Carole Smith, Division of Public Health Practice
Elizabeth Solomon, Society, Human Development, and Health
Anne Marie Stathis, Office for Student Services
Tamara Tiska, Office for Resource Development
Cheryl Whitmarsh, Office of Financial Services
Cathy Zoza, Society, Human Development, and Health