Each year several awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The criteria and nomination processes vary. Please visit each award for more information.
Student awards
A certificate to one or more graduating students whose past work and current activities exemplify a reverence for life and who have sought, as expressed by Schweitzer, “to make my life my argument.”
2022 –
Past Recipients
2021 –
2020 Margaret McConnell Sullivan
2019 Laila Fozouni
2018 Benjamin Ohios Aiwonodagbon
2017 John Park
2016 Leeya Pinder
2015 Avik Chatterjee
2014 Rebecca Kruisselbrink
2013 Mary Mwanyika Sando
2012 Monica Bharel
2011 Robert Hughes
2010 Michelle Lugalia
2009 Rena Greifinger
2008 Brian Jeffrey Swann
2007 Jesse M. Rohde
2006 Jean Raphael, Fabian Togel
2005 Sarah Chapman Oppenheimer
2004 Geetanjali Datta, Annemarie Sparrow
2003 Charlene Worley
2002 William K.M. Tan
2001 Joshua D. Bloom, Patrik L. Johansson
2000 Kezevino Aram, Kimberlee Denise Wyche
1999 Joseph F. West
1998 Leslie Hsu, Jonathan Sorci
1997 Wilfred M. Bacham
1996 Nedim Jaganjac, Ozren Tosic
1995 Rokho Kim
1994 Vineeta Rastogi, Mary Catherine Smith
1993 Anita Jackson, Gina Moreno
1992 Anne Robinson
1991 A. Rob Moodie
Awarded each year to an outstanding graduating student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who is dedicated to promoting the health of vulnerable people.
2022 Abrania Marrero Hernández
Past Recipients
2021 Andrew Sungyup Chun
2020 Shahrzad Joharifard
2019 Christine McKellar Mitchell
2018 Mary Melissa Wesley
2017 Katie Cueva
2016 Nicole Kau’i Baumhofer
2015 Kimberly Chang
2014 Lily Gutnik, Rebecca Hope
2013 Anne Marie Newland
2012 Joshua Lee Glasser
2011 Gregory Keane
2010 Dan Schwarz
2009 Lindsay Erin Rosenfeld
2008 Bethany Lynn Hedt
2007 Jill Roncarati
2006 Julie Herlihy
2005 Ernest Ryan Guevarra
2004 Annemarie Sparrow
2003 Ernest Castro Lee
2002 Donal K. Warne
2001 Patrik L. Johansson
Presented annually to one graduating Ph.D. or S.D. student in the Division of Biological Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
2022 Kevin Ma
Past Recipients
2021 Margaret Torrence
2020 Nathan Hicks, Kristine Werling
2019 Nelson Knudsen
2018 Wesley Wong
2017 Kathleen Whittle Dantzler
2016 Michelle Rooks
2015 Karen Kieser
2014 Ediz Suha Calay
2013 Christopher Burton Ford
2012 Jessica Lucas Yecies
2011 Shannon Marie Reilly
2010 Margaret Frances Gregor
Recognizes a student team or individual whose project in public health practice contributes to the improvement of health of a defined population and makes a significant contribution to the public health practice knowledge base.
2022 Samuel Anthony Johnston
Past Recipients
2021 Fortunate Fungisai Chifamba, Masafumi Funato, Penny Sun
2020 Takahiro (Kinoshita) Kinoshita, Keiko Kunitoki
2019 Lilit Kazazian, Sudipta Saha, Noor Zanial
2018 Daniel Myran
2017 Ann Crawford Roberts, Sidra Bonner, Michelle Lough, Nana Yaa Misa, Kara Tucker Percival, Nichole Gail Tumaliwan Roxas, Nhi Tu Tran
2016 Omar Elmadhoun, Nkemjika Ugonabo
2015 Michael Chaitkin, Michael Gilbert, Yoriko Nakamura, Julia Pridgen, Miriam Zichlin
2014 Sarah Nouri, Ashlin Mountjoy, Flora Nunez, Vanessa Cobian
2013 Ali Chisti, Jonathan Lichkus
2012 Jessica Terese Celentano, Alex Urban Cox, Joseph David Lippi
2011 Michael Hadley, Thom McHale, Dana Thomson
2010 Husain Gulamhusein
Awarded to a student upon graduation who has demonstrated commitment and achievement and has advanced the cause of public health practice while enrolled as a student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
2022 Patience Sumbawiera Saaka
Past Recipients
2021 Allison Jo Hempenstall, Wilfredo Rafael Matias
2020 Nathan Hodson
2019 Tiana Woolridge
2018 Kia L. Byrd
2017 Theresa Timmes
2016 Madeline Morcelle
2015 Maeve O’Neill Trudeau
2014 Courtney Cox, Kelsey Gleason, Julia Hellman, Jami King, Raphael Nepomuceno, Corey Peak, Phillip Summers, Rachel Whelan
2013 Adeel Khan
2012 Atena Asiaii
2011 Bert Govig
2010 Ellen Connorton, Stella Safo
2009 Ashley Carlson
Presented annually in July to a current student or student team who has shown extraordinary commitment to the improvement of the program and experience of fellow students at Harvard. Awarded to a student who has gone above and beyond their normal training and daily tasks to improve the experience and well-being of BPH peers and, through dedication and depth of service, demonstrated leadership and commitment to the members of the Harvard community.
2022 Joanna Olivas
Past Recipients
2021 Joanna Krawczyk, Maria Perez-Matos, Chimwemwe Mwase
2020 Samantha Giffen, Caroline Keroack
The Robert Balentine Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science is awarded each year to the student(s) receiving the highest grade on the Department’s written qualifying exam.
2022 Tony Chen, Jenna Landy, Zebin Wang
Past Recipients
2021 – Eric Cohn
2020 – Shuting Shen
2019 – Alexander Levis, Molei Liu
2018 – Helian Feng, Jonathan Larson
2017 – Xihao Li
2016 – Siyuan Ma
2015 – Boyu Ren
2014 – Sixing Chen
2013 – Yuanyuan Shen
2012 – Matey Neykov
2011 – Shira Mitchell
2010 –Wei Dai
2009 – Kaustubh Adhikari
2008 – Gourab De, Elizabeth Ogburn
2007 – Lee Dicker
2006 – Rajeev Ayyagari
2005 – Martin Aryee, Lu Wang, Rui Wang
2004 – Xiao Ding
2003 – Lingling Li
2002 – Jarek Harezlak
2001 – Yannis Jemiai, Lu Zheng
2000 – Denise Scholtens
1999 – Lu Tian
1998 – Scarlett Bellamy, Stephen Lake
1997 (Fall) – Jonathan French, Aaron Foster
1997 (Spring ) – Tianxi Cai, Steven Horvath
1996 – Jason Fine
1995 – Qian Li, Hongwei Zhao
Honors a graduating student who has demonstrated, through student activities and/or community service efforts, a commitment to leadership, volunteerism, and the highest ethical standards.
2022 Davy Deng, Ivy Fangyu Lin
Past Recipients
2021 Sana Khadija Farooqui
2020 Omotoke Odimayomi
2019 Sanjana Sundaresan, Supriya Misra, Jonathan Hill-Rorie, Jasmine Hall
2018 Allyson Morton
2017 Olufunso Agbalajobi, Katrina Keegan, Asaad Traina
2016 Morgan Shields, Erica Tukiainen
2015 Virgie Fields, Sandhya Kajeepeta
2014 Pamela Hung, Jason Park
2013 Aimee M. Grace, Harpreet Sood
2012 Rosemary Wyber
2011 Erica Warner, Alissa Weiss
2010 Justine Kaplan
TF awards recognize the important contributions of teaching assistants to education at Harvard Chan, and are based on student course evaluations.
2022 Elizabeth Lauren Hentschel, Bethany Kotlar, Jessica Liu, Anna Siefkas, Alejandro Szmulewicz
Past Recipients
2021 Onisha Etkins, Tiffany Lemon, Obiageli Oluwaseun Lorreta Okafor, Kathryn Scott Tomsho, Jinyi Zhu
2020 Aayush Khadka, Nazleen Fatema Khan, Jonathan Larson, Circe J. Gray Le Compte, Michele Zemplenyi
2019 Geetha Iyer, Koichiro Shiba, Joy Shi, Kamrine Poels
2018 Kaitlyn Ann Cook, Jaquelyn Lorraine Jahn, Lyndon Paul Colm Ellis James, Kevin Hughes Kensler, Lauren Jacqueline Tanz
2017 Avanti Adhia, Matthew Hitchings, Thomas Madsen, Emily Slade
2016 Carolyn Brooks, Kaitlin Hagan, Elysia Larson, Vidit Munshi
2015 Ying Chen, Rockli Kim, Sarah Peskoe, Mingyang Song
2014 Courtney Cox, Allegra Gordon, Heather Mattie
2013 Sharelle Barber, NaNa Keum, Emilie Zoltick
2012 Caitlin Eicher Caspi, Ankur Pandya, Pamela Marie Rist, Kristin Scott
2011 Peter Lipman, Jesse Ortendahl, Anna Snavely
2010 Behrooz Behbod, Monica Wang
Awarded each year to an outstanding doctoral student conducting field research in international health epidemiology.
2022 –
Past Recipients
2021 –
2020 –
2019 Christine Tedijanto
2018 Allison Claire Portnoy
2017 Lingrui Liu
2016 Corey Peak
2015 Mahesh Karra
2014 Julia Goldberg
2013 Panji Hadisoemarto
2012 Ca Eul Lim
2011 –
2010 Julia Finkelstein
Faculty awards
Executive and Continuing Professional Education Excellence in Teaching Award
2022 Rifat Atun
Past Recipients
2021 Karen Allison Curley
2020 Lou J. DiBerardinis
2019 Mary C. Finlay, Laurie S. Pascal
2018 Edward Maher
2017 Leonard Marcus
2016 Nicolaas Pronk, Glorian Sorensen
2015 Jack T. Dennerlein
The award honors Marianne Wessling-Resnick’s memory by supporting faculty members at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in recognition of their commitment and achievement in the areas of mentorship, academic excellence, and service to the community, with a preference for recipients who have demonstrated exceptional mentorship, especially of women.
Mentoring awards are based on student nominations and recognize faculty members or instructors who have enriched the academic, professional, or personal development of students.
2022 Emma-Louise “Emmilie” Aveling, Jaime Elizabeth Hart, Lorelei Mucci
Past Recipients
2021 Jarvis Chen, Peter James, Rebekka Lee
2020 Monik Carmen Jimenez, Margaret Anne McConnell, Nicolas Alan Menzies
2019 Jesse Bump, Josh Gagne, Nancy Turnbull,
2018 Jessica Lee Cohen, Laura Kubzansky, Janet Rich-Edwards
2017 Sonia Hernandez-Diaz, Gunther Fink, Sebastien Haneuse, Cassandra Okechukwu
2016 William Bean, Stacey Missmer, Meredith Rosenthal
2015 Joan Reede, Nancy Turnbull, Michelle Williams
2014 Ed Giovannucci, Ben Sommers
2013 Steven Gortmaker, Paul Gregg Greenough, Xihong Lin, Matthew Miller
2012 Robert Blendon, Gunther Fink, Maria Glymour, Stephen Marks
2011 Marica Castro, Miguel Hernan, Chih-Hao Lee, Murray Mittleman
2010 Sofia Gruskin, Gokhan Hotamisligil, James Shine
2009 William Hsiao, Xihong Li, Katherine Swartz, Nancy Turnbull
2008 Matthew Gillman
2007 Brent Coull, Saidi Kapiga
2006 Marc Lipsitch
2005 Nancy Turnbull
2004 Sue Goldie, Karen Kuntz
2003 Deloras Acevedo-Garcia, Mary Jean Brown
2002 Matthew Wand
2001 Jack Kasten
2000 Louise Ryan
The Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award is awarded to a member of the Harvard T.H. Chan School primary faculty who has enhanced the quality of education in public health by honoring outstanding achievement in teaching at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The award recognizes excellence in classroom instruction, capacity to inspire students, and dedication to teaching.
2022 Ankur Pandya
Past Recipients
2021 John E. McDonough
2020 Sue Goldie
2019 Ichiro Kawachi
2018 Marcia Castro
2017 Heather Baer
2016 Garrett Fitzmaurice
2015 E. Francis Cook
2014 Brent Coull
2013 Arnold Epstein
2012 Joseph Pliskin
2011 S. Bryn Austin
2010 Michelle Mello
2009 Paul Catalano
2008 Richard Siegrist
2007 Julie Buring
2006 Nancy Kane
2005 Michael Reich
2004 Yi Li
2003 Lawren Daltroy
2002 Julie Buring
2001 Joel Swartz
2000 James Maguire
1999 Kimberlee Gauvreau
1998 Jane Gardner
Established through the generosity of Dr. Srinivas Sastry, the Sastry Award for Outstanding Teaching of Public Health recognizes up to two faculty members each academic year for their significant impact on students and the ways they have, through excellent teaching, inspired students to reach their public health goals. Individuals will receive $10,000 in celebration of their significant impact on students.
2022 Jesse Boardman Bump, Nancy Turnbull
Teaching citations are awarded to course instructors based on student course evaluations, particularly questions that assess teaching quality and teaching effectiveness.
2022 Albert Hofman, Rocio Hurtado, Shoba Ramanadhan, Edward Thomas Ryan
Past Recipients
2021 Linda A. Cyr, Cyra Perry Dougherty, Fawn Phelps, Ameet Sarpatwari, Aisha Yousafzai
2020 Jessica L. Cohen, Kimberlee Gauvreau, John E. McDonough, Elizabeth Mostofsky
2019 Linda Kaboolian, Maggie McConnell, Ben Sommers
2018 E. John Orav, Pamela Marie Rist, Elizabeth Seeley
2017 William Bean, David Bloom, Ankur Pandya
2016 Jacqueline Bhabha, Murray Mittleman, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Reginald D. Tucker-Seeley
2015 Garrett Fitzmaurice, David Javitch, Rima Rudd, Susan Sherry
2014 Thomas Bossert, Nancy Krieger, Joseph Rhatigan, Sara Singer
2013 Heather Baer, Theresa Betancourt, Joshua Salomon, Benjamin Sommers
2012 Brent Coull, Jane Kim
2011 David Harrington, Matthew Miller, Meredith B. Rosenthal
2010 E. Francis Cook, Laura Kubzansky, E. John Orav, Dorothy Puhy, Howard Rivenson
2009 S. Bryn Austin, Deborah Devaux
2008 Delores Acevedo-Garcia, Barry Dorn, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Leonard Marcus
2007 Immaculata Devivo, William Hsiao
2006 Claude Bruderlein, Alan Hill, George Seage
2005 David Bloom, Miquel Hernan, Michelle Mello
2004 Ichiro Kawachi, Richard Levins, Michelle Mello
2003 Jack Dennerlein, Donald Halstead, David Hemenway, Lester Kobzik
2002 Robert Blendon, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Megan Murray
2001 Karin Dumbaugh, Ellen Eisen, Kimberlee Gauvreau
2000 Jennifer Leaning, John McDonough, Marc Mitchell
1999 David Harrington, William Hsiao, K.T. Li, Daniel Moriarty
1998 Robert Blendon, David Hemenway, Michael Reich
Staff awards
This award represents a unique opportunity for students and community members to recognize faculty, researchers, and staff who have served as a source of inspiration by demonstrating a commitment to improving health and well-being in the communities where they work.
2022 Lumas Joseph Helaire
Past Recipients
2021 Jocelyn Chu, Danny Beaudoin
2020 –
2019 Bryn Austin
2018 David Hemenway, Rebekka Lee
This award recognizes a staff member who demonstrates the qualities of dedication, competence, positive attitude, initiative, and ability to mentor, encourage, and inspire others, in addition to a demonstrated commitment to the School and its mission.
2022 Jaime Mchunu
Past Recipients
2021 Eric DiGiovanni
2020 Coppelia Liebenthal
2019 Katrina Soriano
2018 Catherine M. Giles
2017 Catherine Barber
2016 David Havelick
2015 Barbara Heil
Awarded to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health staff who have made a significant impact on the lives of students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
2022 Amy De La Cerda
Past Recipients
2021 Amarildo “Lilu” Barbosa, Eric Creighton
2020 Amy De La Cerda, Stacey King, June O’Neill
2019 Allison Conary, Gary R. Williams
2018 Mark A. Corte, Tiffany Sarkissian
2017 Elizabeth Solomon, Amy Wooldridge
2016 Eric DiGiovanni, Katherine Worthington
2015 Alyssa Aftosmes-Tobio, Dale Trevino
2014 Meghan Gerrity, Yuet Kei Chou
2013 Donald Halstead, Fawn Phelps
2012 Leah Kane, Barbara Zuckerman
2011 Jelena Folweiller, Cecil Haverkamp
