Convocation 2019: Award winners

Students read the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Students open the event by reading the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

May 29, 2019 — 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 28, 2019.

Student Awards

Albert Schweitzer Award
Laila Fozouni

Dr. Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award
Christine Mitchell

Edgar Haber Award in Biological Sciences
Nelson Knudsen

Sanjana Sundaresan, Supriya Misra, Jonathan Hill-Rorie, Jasmine Hall
Sanjana Sundaresan, Supriya Misra, Jonathan Hill-Rorie, Jasmine Hall

Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health
Lilit Kazazian, Sudipta Saha, Noor Zanial

James H. Ware Award for Achievement in the Practice of Public Health
Tiana Woolridge

Robert B. Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science
Alexander Levis, Molei Liu

Student Recognition Award
Jasmine Hall, Jonathan Hill-Rorie, Supriya Misra, Sanjana Sundaresan

Teaching Assistant Award
Geetha Iyer, Kamrine Poels, Joy Shi, Koichiro Shiba

Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award
Christine Tedijanto

Faculty Awards

Ichiro Kawachi and Vidur Sharma, Harvard Chan Student Association president
Ichiro Kawachi and Vidur Sharma, Harvard Chan Student Association president

The Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award
Ichiro Kawachi, John L. Loeb and Francis Lehman Loeb Professor of Social Epidemiology

Teaching Citations
Linda Kaboolian, instructor in the Division of Policy Translation and
Leadership Development

Maggie McConnell, associate professor of global health economics

Ben Sommers, professor of health policy and economics

Mentoring Awards
Jesse Bump, lecturer on global health policy, and executive director of the Takemi Program in International Health

Joshua Gagne, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology

Nancy Turnbull, senior associate dean for professional education and senior lecturer on health policy

The Outstanding Teaching in Executive and Continuing Professional Education Award
Mary Finlay, lecturer on health policy and management

Laurie Pascal, lecturer on health policy and management

Staff Awards

Sarah Wood and Katrina Soriano
Sarah Wood and Katrina Soriano

The Sarah K. Wood Award
Katrina Soriano, director of administration and finance in the Department of Nutrition, and interim director of administration in the Department of Molecular Metabolism

Staff Recognition Award
Allison Conary, senior education coordinator in the Department of Global Health and Population

Gary Williams, DrPH program administrator in the Office of Education

Community Engagement Award
S. Bryn Austin, professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Photos: Josh Levine, Sarah Sholes