Commencement 2018: Award winners

Students recited the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Students representing 13 nations recited the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

May 22, 2018 — Each year, awards are presented to graduating students, faculty, and staff at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Winners were announced at a celebration held in the Kresge Courtyard on May 22, 2018.

Student Awards

Albert Schweitzer Award
Benjamin Ohios Aiwonodagbon

Mary Wesley with Nancy Turnbull, senior associate dean for professional education
Mary Wesley with Nancy Turnbull, senior associate dean for professional education

Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award
Mary Melissa Wesley

Edgar Haber Award in Biological Sciences
Wesley Wong

Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health
Daniel Myran

James H. Ware Award for Achievement in the Practice of Public Health
Kia L. Byrd

Daniel Myran
Daniel Myran, winner of the Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health

Robert B. Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science
Helian Feng, Johnathon Lee Loque Larson

Student Recognition Award
Allyson Morton

Teaching Assistant Award
Kaitlyn Ann Cook, Jacquelyn Lorraine Jahn, Lyndon Paul Colm Ellis James, Kevin Hughes Kensler, Lauren Jacqueline Tanz

Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award
Allison Claire Portnoy

Faculty Awards

Marcia Castro, Nancy Turnbull, and Meredith Rosenthal
Marcia Castro with Nancy Turnbull (left) and Meredith Rosenthal, senior associate dean for academic affairs (right)

The Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award
Marcia Castro, Professor of Demography, Department of Global Health and Population

Teaching Citations
E. John Orav, associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics; Pamela Marie Rist, assistant professor of medicine, instructor, Department of Epidemiology; Elizabeth Seeley, adjunct lecturer on health policy and management

Mentoring Awards
Jessica Cohen, associate professor of global health; Laura Kubzansky, Lee Kum Kee Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, co-director of the Center for Health and Happiness; Janet Rich-Edwards, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology

The Outstanding Teaching in Executive and Continuing Professional Education Award
Edward Maher, adjunct lecturer on environmental science

Staff Awards

Mark Corte with Dean Michelle Williams
Mark Corte with Dean Michelle Williams

The Sarah K. Wood Award
Catherine M. Giles, program manager, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Staff Recognition Award
Mark Corte, Sebastian’s Café, Harvard Dining Services; Tiffany Sarkissian, research assistant, Department of Environmental Health

Community Engagement Award
Rebekka Lee, research scientist, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences; David Hemenway, professor of health policy, Department of Health Policy and Management

Photos: Kent Dayton