Category: Awards

The Office of Field Education and Practice is pleased to announce recipients of the Gareth M. Green Award and James H. Ware Award for 2021, which are presented during the week of Commencement ceremonies. Please visit each awardee’s link to learn more about their outstanding work in the field. Gareth M. Green Award Fortunate Chifamba, MPH ’21 Penny Sun, MPH ’21 James H. Ware Award Allison Hempenstall, MPH ’21 Wilfredo…

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Awardee: Wilfredo Matias Program: MPH in Clinical Effectiveness Project Title: COVID-19 Research and Response in Holyoke, Massachusetts Organization: Holyoke Board of Health (Holyoke, Massachusetts) More about Dr. Matias In May 2020, the Mayor’s office of Holyoke, Massachusetts invited our team based out of the MGH Center for Global Health to come to Holyoke and leverage our experiences in global health, epidemic response, and public health research to support the Holyoke…

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Awardee: Allison Hempenstall Program: MPH in Global Health Project Title: A qualitative assessment of stakeholder public health priorities in the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service Organization: Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (Torres Strait, Australia) More about Dr. Hempenstall The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services (TCHHS) mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area and Cape…

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Awardee: Fortunate Chifamba Program: MPH in Global Health Project Title: Developing a Blueprint for Children’s Health and Well-being in Mississippi Organization: Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (Jackson, Mississippi) More about Ms. Chifamba The Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (CFM) is a new, independent operating foundation focused upon improving the policies and systems that affect the well-being of children in Mississippi. The CFM is serving as a convener, facilitator, advocate and catalyst for…

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Awardee: Penny Sun Program: MPH in Global Health Project Title: Developing a Blueprint for Children’s Health and Well-being in Mississippi Organization: Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (Jackson, Mississippi) More about Ms. Sun The Children’s Foundation of Mississippi (CFM) is a new, independent operating foundation focused upon improving the policies and systems that affect the well-being of children in Mississippi. The CFM is serving as a convener, facilitator, advocate and catalyst for…

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The 2018 Commencement awards for practice – the James A. Ware and the Gareth M. Green Awards – were presented to Kia Byrd and Daniel Myran at a ceremony on May 22. Read more about these students’ work below: Kia Byrd 2018 James A. Ware Award Winner View Kia’s practice poster here Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, greatly appreciated Kia’s work to advance Project Focus: Girls Of Color (GOC). Kia…

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