Commencement 2015: Award winners

Winners of the Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health

May 28, 2015 — Each year, several awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

2015 Student Awards:

Albert Schweitzer Award
Avik Chatterjee

Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award
Kimberly Chang

Commencement celebration 2015Edgar Haber Award in Biological Sciences
Karen Kieser

Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health
Michael Chaitkin, Michael Gilbert, Yoriko Nakamura, Julia Pridgen, Miriam Zichlin

James H. Ware Award for Achievement in the Practice of Public Health
Maeve O’Neill Trudeau

The Loan Relief Award
Timothy Attoye, Sandra Danso-Bamfo, Martin Escandon, Natalie Gyenes, Katherine Heflin, Sean Kim, Nana Koram

Commencement celebration 2015Robert B. Reede Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science
Boyu Ren

Student Recognition Awards
Virgie Fields, Sandhya Kajeepeta

Teaching Assistant Awards
Ying Chen, Rockli Kim, Sarah Peskoe, Mingyang Song

Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award
Mahesh Karra

2015 Faculty Awards:

Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. E. Francis Cook

Teaching Citations
Garrett Fitzmaurice, David Javitch, Rima Rudd, Susan T. Sherry

Mentoring Awards
Joan Reede, Nancy Turnbull, Michelle Williams

Executive and Continuing Professional
Education Excellence in Teaching Award
Jack T. Dennerlein

Sarah Wood award winner
Sarah K. Wood Award winner Barbara Heil, with Wood (at right)

2015 Staff Awards:

Sarah K. Wood Award for Outstanding Staff Performance
Barbara Heil

Special Recognition Award
Roberta Gianfortoni

Staff Recognition Awards
ALyssa Aftosmes-Tobio, Dale Trevino

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Photos: Kent Dayton

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Dean Julio Frenk address
Student speaker Shaniece Criss address
Alumni Association President Anthony Dias address