Biostats alumnus Jemar R. Bather was selected as one of 11 recipients of the Penn State Alumni Association’s 2024 Alumni Achievement Award. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accomplishments. The Penn State Alumni Association will honor the awardees at the 2024 Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony at 6 p.m. EST on Friday, March 15. The ceremony will be held at the State Theatre in downtown State College and can be viewed everywhere by livestream.
Bather received the Albert Schweitzer Award from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health for his sustained commitment to health equity and justice, and his efforts to advance diversity and inclusion through teaching, mentoring, service, research, and advocacy. Currently is part of a cross-functional team at Merck, where, in his role as a senior scientist, he works with physicians to develop new medications for individuals living with infectious diseases.
