The Lamstein Family/JSI Scholarship.

JOEL LAMSTEIN says he supports SPH for the same reason he co-founded the public health management consulting and research organization John Snow, Inc. (JSI), of which he is also president: to help improve the health of individuals and communities here in the US and around the world.

In 2012, Lamstein committed to permanently endowing the Lamstein Family/JSI Scholarship, which supports one or more annual scholarship awards for MPH students at SPH based on financial need and academic merit.

Lamstein, former chair of the SPH Dean’s Advisory Board, says that JSI and the School “have been long-term partners in education, research, and practice.”

“We have been fortunate to grow and thrive for over 35 years, and much of our success can be attributed to our ability to attract smart, committed, and compassionate staff,” Lamstein says of JSI. “We draw that staff from elite schools throughout the country and always have had great success with students from Boston University School of Public Health. I believe it is therefore incumbent on organizations like JSI to give back to the community that has helped foster their success.”

Lamstein is also president of World Education, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults in 22 countries through education and economic and social development programs. In 1973, Lamstein co-founded Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a private, nonprofit international organization working in public health areas to strengthen healthcare management and improve access. He is a senior lecturer at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and has lectured at schools of public health throughout the country.

In 2009, Lamstein received the CEO Social Leadership Award, a program funded by the Lewis Family Foundation and presented by the Boston Business Journal. He holds a BS in Math and Physics from the University of Michigan and attended the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Lamstein also serves on the advisory board of the University of Michigan School of Public Health as well as the boards of Physicians for Human Rights and Seed Global Health and the advisory council of the Children’s Health Fund in New York City. From 2004 to 2012, he served on the board of the Global Health Council.

“Global health has gained wide popularity among students in academic settings, and public health will be in good hands as these students join the field,” he says. “We therefore are pleased to contribute to SPH to help further the aspirations of these future leaders of public health.”