{"id":160401,"date":"2020-02-21T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T18:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=160401"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:05:03","slug":"sph-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/events\/sph-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"SPH Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Public Health at Boston University aspires to excellence in all we do, towards our core purpose of Think. Teach. Do. For the Health of All. In recognition of exemplary contributions to the SPH community, we honor members of our faculty, students, and staff each spring during Commencement season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominations for 2026 Annual Awards have closed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<nav id=\"anchor-list\" class=\"anchor-list\"><ul><li><a class=\"anchor-link\" href=\"#awards-presented-at-convocation\"><span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" viewBox=\"0 0 11 11\"><circle cx=\"5.5\" cy=\"5.5\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\"><\/circle><polygon points=\"3 4 5.5 8 8 4 3 4\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"none\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>Awards Presented at Convocation<\/a>\n<\/li><li><a class=\"anchor-link\" href=\"#student-awards\"><span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" viewBox=\"0 0 11 11\"><circle cx=\"5.5\" cy=\"5.5\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\"><\/circle><polygon points=\"3 4 5.5 8 8 4 3 4\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"none\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>Student Awards<\/a>\n<\/li><li><a class=\"anchor-link\" href=\"#faculty-awards\"><span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" viewBox=\"0 0 11 11\"><circle cx=\"5.5\" cy=\"5.5\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\"><\/circle><polygon points=\"3 4 5.5 8 8 4 3 4\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"none\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>Faculty Awards<\/a>\n<\/li><li><a class=\"anchor-link\" href=\"#staff-and-community-awards\"><span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" viewBox=\"0 0 11 11\"><circle cx=\"5.5\" cy=\"5.5\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\"><\/circle><polygon points=\"3 4 5.5 8 8 4 3 4\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke=\"none\"><\/polygon><\/svg><\/span>Staff and Community Awards<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><a class=\"back-to-top\" href=\"#anchor-list\"><span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xmlns:svgjs=\"http:\/\/svgjs.com\/svgjs\" viewBox=\"0 0 140 140\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\"><g transform=\"matrix(5.833333333333333,0,0,5.833333333333333,0,0)\"><path d=\"M20.5 8.999L12 0.499 3.5 8.999\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span>Top<\/a>\n<ul class=\"button-list\"><\/ul>\n<p><h2 class=\"anchor-heading\" id=\"awards-presented-at-convocation\">Awards Presented at Convocation<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Main Convocation Speaker<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The honor of carrying out the role of the Main Speaker at BU SPH&#8217;s Convocation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Dr. Robert Goldstein, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health<br \/>\n2025: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)<br \/>\n2024: Secretary Kate Walsh, <span>MA Executive\u00a0<\/span>Office\u00a0of\u00a0Health\u00a0and\u00a0Human Services<br \/>\n2023: Admiral Rachel L. Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<br \/>\n2022: Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission<br \/>\n2021: Dr. Cheryl Scott, Community Health Services Medical Consultant, S.C. Department of Health &amp; Environmental Control<br \/>\n2020: Dr. Jerome Adams, US Surgeon General<br \/>\n2019: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Director, Pediatric Public Health Initiative<br \/>\n2018: Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Professor, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School<br \/>\n2017: Rev. Liz Walker, Pastor, Roxbury Presbyterian Church<br \/>\n2016: Secretary Marylou Sudders, MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services<br \/>\n2015: Dr. Monica Bharel, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Alumni Welcome Speaker<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The honor of the Alumni Welcome Speaker is offered to a BU SPH Alum selected to address the audience during convocation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Ali Noorani (SPH&#8217;99)<br \/>\n2025: Gilbert L&#8217;Italien (SPH&#8217;97)<br \/>\n2024: Usman Sheikh Iqbal (SPH&#8217;03, GSM&#8217;07)<br \/>\n2023: Sonja Tong (SPH&#8217;05)<br \/>\n2022: Susan S Garfield (SPH&#8217;11)<br \/>\n2021: Elizabeth Sommers (SPH&#8217;89)<br \/>\n2020: Elizabeth A. Olek (SPH&#8217;02)<br \/>\n2019: Mary-Lynn L. Fulton (SPH&#8217;99)<br \/>\n2018: Barbara Buell (SPH&#8217;94)<br \/>\n2017: Rodney VanDerwarker (SPH&#8217;08)<br \/>\n2016: Emily Bajsci (SPH\u201903)<br \/>\n2015: Christie L. Hager (SPH&#8217;91)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Student Convocation Speaker<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The privilege of delivering the student address at the Boston University School of Public Health Commencement ceremony is awarded annually to a graduating student who has demonstrated exceptional and sustained contributions to the BUSPH community. This prestigious recognition honors individuals whose impactful engagement and dedication have enriched the academic, social and cultural fabric of the school.<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding contributions are broadly defined to include, but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leadership and active participation in the Student Senate, student organizations or other school-wide initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>Exemplary academic performance intellectual curiosity reflected in coursework and research.<\/li>\n<li>A demonstrated commitment to fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive environment within the BUSPH community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This award celebrates those who embody the core values of public health and who inspire others through their service, scholarship, and unwavering dedication to the betterment of BUSPH as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Carla Sofia Irizarry-Delgado<br \/>\n2025: Diksha Venugopal<br \/>\n2024: Danielle Chaplick<br \/>\n2023: Daphne Nakawesi<br \/>\n2022: Sam Burkhart<br \/>\n2021: Cheyenne Bailey<br \/>\n2020: Rafik Wahbi<br \/>\n2019: Marylyn Height Creer<br \/>\n2018: Fatima Saffia Dainkeh<br \/>\n2017: Cassandra Abena-Amoafoa Osei<br \/>\n2016: Faiz Kidwai<br \/>\n2015: Pawandeep Kaur<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award honors a faculty or staff member that has done an extraordinary job at promoting diversity, equity, and justice and cultivating a culture of inclusion throughout the School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Note<\/strong>: Any current faculty (with a primary appointment in SPH) or current staff (full-time, part-time, temporary) is eligible for the award. Both must be in good standing. No self-nominating, must be nominated by fellow staff\/faculty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Nominations may be submitted via the online nomination form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Ryan Wisniewski<br \/>\n2025: Anita DeStefano<br \/>\n2024: Madeleine Scammell<br \/>\n2023: Nina Cesare<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Leonard H. Glantz Award for Academic Excellence<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The award is presented annually to honor Leonard Glantz, Professor of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights, who served the School as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for 30 years. \u00a0The award recognizes a student whose academic achievement typifies the high standards set by Professor Glantz. The recipient is selected for exceptional academic performance, creative and critical thinking, ability to integrate different areas of public health, intellectual curiosity and motivation, and a clear potential for future intellectual and creative contributions to public health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Note:<\/strong> No self-nominating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Mai Hussein<br \/>\n2025: Urmi Phanse<br \/>\n2024: Anushka Reddy Marri<br \/>\n2023: Tomeka Frieson<br \/>\n2022: Caroline Slyer<br \/>\n2021: Hiba Abousleiman<br \/>\n2020: Mary Rose Dinnean<br \/>\n2019: Greylin Hillary Rinaldo Nielsen<br \/>\n2018: Erin M. Ashe<br \/>\n2017: Ayobami David Olanrewaju<br \/>\n2016: Jennifer Rose Masdea<br \/>\n2015: Sami Usama Hamdan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Norman A. Scotch Award for Excellence in Teaching<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Norman A. Scotch Award for Excellence in Teaching is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to the education program of Boston University School of Public Health. The award is named for our founding Dean, who decided to make excellence in education a hallmark of Boston University School of Public Health. The award is given to one faculty member at the rank of Associate or Full whose primary academic appointment is at BUSPH.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Lois McCloskey<br \/>\n2025: Christopher Louis<br \/>\n2024: Patricia (Trish) Elliott<br \/>\n2023: Jacqueline Milton Hicks<br \/>\n2022: Megan Healey<br \/>\n2021: Monica Onyango<br \/>\n2020: Candice M. Belanoff<br \/>\n2019: Jessica H. Leibler<br \/>\n2018: Yvette C. Cozier<br \/>\n2017: Howard J. Cabral<br \/>\n2016: Gouri Gupte<br \/>\n2015: Christopher John Gill<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is given annually to a faculty member whose primary appointment is at BUSPH to recognize a distinguished body of scholarly and\/or scientific work on a specific topic or within a general area of expertise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Jaimie Gradus<br \/>\n2025: Nicole Huberfeld<br \/>\n2024: Patricia (Pat) Hibberd<br \/>\n2023: Pat Kinney<br \/>\n2022: Eugene Declercq<br \/>\n2021: Roberta F. White<br \/>\n2020: Lauren Wise<br \/>\n2019: Sydney B. Rosen<br \/>\n2018: Paola Sebastiani<br \/>\n2017: Judith Apt Bernstein<br \/>\n2016: Jonathan I. Levy<br \/>\n2015: Jos\u00e9e Dupuis<br \/>\n2014: Alan Jette<br \/>\n2013: Michael Grodin<br \/>\n2012: David Ozonoff<br \/>\n2011: Robert Horsburgh<br \/>\n2010: Adrienne Cupples<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Dzidra J. Knecht Staff Award for Distinguished Service<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Dzidra J. Knecht Staff Award for Distinguished Service to the Boston University School of Public Health is the highest award for school service that can be given to a staff person at SPH. It is named in honor of Dzidra J. Knecht, the School\u2019s first Associate Dean for Administration, who spent 30 years working for the University, 20 of them at the School of Public Health, until her retirement in September of 2002.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Karen Molloy<br \/>\n2025: Mary Murphy-Phillips<br \/>\n2024: Melanie Gilreath Chaisson<br \/>\n2023: Michael Saunders<br \/>\n2022: Michael Winter<br \/>\n2021: Patricia Gonzalez<br \/>\n2020: Jessica Christian<br \/>\n2019: Vanessa Boland Edouard<br \/>\n2018: Anna Eileen McKay and Andrea Marie Tingue<br \/>\n2017: Karen M. Smith<br \/>\n2016: Amparo Ortiz<br \/>\n2015: Karen E. Greene<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Faculty\/Staff Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The BUSPH Award for Excellence in Practice is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to practice that improves the health of populations. The award recognizes a faculty or staff member who has gone above and beyond in contributing to the health of the public. Through their advocacy work, community engagement, and\/or public policy endeavors, this person will have shown a remarkable drive in creating lasting improvements in the health of our local, regional, and\/or global community and engaging the School in this work in a meaningful way. Eligibility: The primary purpose of the Practice Award is to recognize contributions to practice by SPH faculty and staff. All faculty and staff of the School are eligible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Brooke Nichols<br \/>\n2025: David Jernigan<br \/>\n2024: Elaine Nsoesie<br \/>\n2023: Jacey Greece<br \/>\n2022: Wendy Heiger-Bernays<br \/>\n2021: Monica Wang<br \/>\n2020: Madeleine Scammell<br \/>\n2019: Amparo Ortiz<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"anchor-heading\" id=\"student-awards\">Student Awards<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Student Services &amp; Leadership Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The purpose of the Excellence in Student Service and Leadership Award is to recognize the outstanding contributions of a graduating student. Departments and staff members throughout the Office of Graduate Student Life recognize their significant leadership and service in a variety of capacities. The recipient will have exhibited exceptional commitment to supporting the needs and interests of our BUSPH community and emerged as leaders among their peers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Srishti Gupta<br \/>\n2025: Summya Khatoon<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2024: Kyla Botsian<br \/>\n2023: Vicki Lee<br \/>\n2022: Maria Garcia<br \/>\n2021: Gray Babbs and Bilqis Williams<br \/>\n2020: Kofi Boateng and Shruti Subhash Durape<br \/>\n2019: Bhumi Vinay Patel<br \/>\n2018: Chrystel R. Murrieta<br \/>\n2017: Quinn Natalie Hirsch<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Student Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Activist Lab offers the Student Award for Excellence in Practice in recognition of outstanding and innovative public health practice. This award is intended to honor an MPH student who has gone above and beyond in contributing to the health of the public. Through their advocacy work, community engagement, or public policy endeavors, this student will have shown exceptional drive and promise in creating lasting improvements in the health of our local, regional, and global community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: All students of the School of Public Health graduating during the academic year are eligible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Maria Pilar Botana Martinez<br \/>\n2025: Lyv Norris<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2024: Riley Smith<br \/>\n2023: Pierce Lous<br \/>\n2022: Sara Mar<br \/>\n2021: Gray Babbs<br \/>\n2020: Kimberly Blair, Ebosetale Eromosele, Caroline Ezekwesili, Hithaishini Kodicherla, Makeda Negash-Alemnesh, and Hannah Simon<br \/>\n2019: Mackenzie Bullard<br \/>\n2018: Abigail Jooae Kim<br \/>\n2017: Jessica Leigh Walsh<br \/>\n2016: Abigail Atkins<br \/>\n2015: Julia Canfield<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Student Success &amp; Leadership Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Excellence in Student Success &amp; Leadership Award aims to recognize the outstanding contributions of a graduating student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and service to the Online MPH program. This award acknowledges students who have significantly supported the needs and interests of our online BUSPH community, as observed by Student Success and Teaching teams. The recipient will have exhibited remarkable dedication and emerged as a leader among their peers, contributing meaningfully to both academic and student success initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2026: Mikayla Hyman and J Steinman<br \/>\n2025: Wendelyn Hansbury <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Student Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award honors an on-campus SPH student in good academic standing that has done an extraordinary job at promoting diversity, equity, and justice and cultivating a culture of inclusion throughout the School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: Any on-campus SPH student in good academic standing is eligible to be nominated. No self-nominating; individuals must be nominated by fellow students\/faculty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients: <\/strong><br \/>\n2026: Jennifer Madu<br \/>\n2025: Mai Hussein<br \/>\n2024: Zana Wangari Kiragu<br \/>\n2023: Anisa Khadraoui <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Innovative Practicum Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: Established in 2024 to recognize the importance of innovation in public health practice, the Career and Practicum Office confers this award annually to one or more MPH graduates who have demonstrated innovation in their required practicum. This annual award includes a monetary prize, which was endowed to BUSPH by an anonymous donor and is presented during SPH&#8217;s annual awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be considered for this award, the practicum must be novel or creative and aim to contribute to incremental or radical change through collaborative approaches\u2014possibly engaging diverse partners and people with lived experiences\u2014to create adaptable and replicable solutions in or across any sectors. This definition is open to interpretation, but each nomination letter must make a strong case as to why the practicum should be considered innovative.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how to apply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/careers\/for-students\/practmenu\/innovative-practicum-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Qualifications &amp; Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Student must have graduated in January, or be graduating in May or August of the current award cycle, and have a fully completed practicum by the end of the Spring semester.<\/li>\n<li>All full-time, part-time, and dual-degree MPH students conducting a traditional practicum (not using a dual equivalency) are eligible to apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2026: Brice Hirwa, Nadia Hill, Krista Idowu, Fariel LaMountain<br \/>\n2025: Sanjiv Gupta, John Lambert, Dan Nguyen and Olivia Wilson <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Eugene Declercq Award for Excellence in a Public Health Practice Dissertation<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award:<\/strong> Every year the Doctor of Public Health Program will present The Eugene Declercq Award for Excellence in a Public Health Practice Dissertation to a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) graduate whose dissertation exemplifies central values of this program: impact on public health practice, enhancement of public health leadership and management, and promotion of evidence-based policy change. Named for the BUSPH DrPH Program\u2019s first director, this monetary award is given in honor of Professor Eugene R. Declercq\u2019s tireless efforts to teach and support doctoral students, elevate the national discussion of practice-based training at the doctoral level, and position BU\u2019s program to be one of the premier training programs for public health leadership in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Omonyele Adjognon<br \/>\n2025: Charl Bezuidenhout<br \/>\n2024: Maha Alattas &amp; Rebecca Rudel<br \/>\n2023: Ann Peralta<br \/>\n2022: Jennifer Stevens<br \/>\n2021: Julie Mottl-Santiago<br \/>\n2020: Rachel C Mitrovich<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Community Health Sciences \u201cRising Star\u201d Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Community Health Sciences department presents this award to a student with\/pursuing a certificate in Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation (CAPDIE), Health Communication and Promotion (HCP), Maternal and Child Health (MCH), or Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) who demonstrates excellence as an emerging community health professional. This award recognizes outstanding work in both academic and practice settings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: Eligible candidates must have either graduated in January, or will graduate in May, or August with their MPH. They must have a cumulative GPA \u2265 3.75 when potential candidates are reviewed. In addition to academic excellence, winners will have displayed community engagement and exhibited strong leadership skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Ruth Seyoum<br \/>\n2025: Tiana Mason<br \/>\n2024: Samia Ismail<br \/>\n2023: Hannah Loynds<br \/>\n2022: Melanie Lambert<br \/>\n2021: Dani Brooks<br \/>\n2020: Rafik Nader Wahbi<br \/>\n2019: Andrea Auxiliadora Chu<br \/>\n2018: Jennifer Lynn Conti and Aldina Mesic<br \/>\n2017: Angela Giordano and Michelle Huezo<br \/>\n2016: Natalie Carey Thomas and Taylor Lauren Frazier<br \/>\n2015: Lameya Ahmed and Erin Bahr Anderson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Restuccia Award for Achievement in Social Justice in Community Health<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: Every year, the Community Health Sciences Department will present the Restuccia Award for Achievement in Social Justice in Community Health to a student with\/pursuing a certificate in Community Assessment, Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation (CAPDIE), Health Communication and Promotion (HCP), Maternal and Child Health (MCH), or Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU), who has exemplified equity-driven public health action during their time at BUSPH.\u00a0 This award honors the legacy of Robert Restuccia, who dedicated his professional life to ensuring equitable access to health care, and cultivating authentic community collaboration and leadership. Rob founded the advocacy organization Health Care for All in Massachusetts, and was a long-time Executive Director of the national organization Community Catalyst, impacting both state and national policies through consumer-driven advocacy. Recipients will be selected by CHS Department faculty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: Eligible nominees will have either graduated in January or will graduate in May or August with an MPH and be in good academic standing* at the time of selection in April. Winners will have demonstrated exceptional work that has promoted community engagement and mobilization around issues of health equity, has worked to involve diverse stakeholders, and has elevated the goals and voices of those most impacted by inequities. Students may be nominated by themselves, peers, or Community Health Sciences staff or faculty.<\/p>\n<p>*Good Academic Standing includes all of the criteria for being eligible for graduation, including maintaining a GPA of at least 3.0, completing all core courses with at least a B-, completing a practicum and passing the functional certificate ILE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Meera Rao<br \/>\n2025: Isabelle Joseph<br \/>\n2024: Cecilia Jarquin Tapia<br \/>\n2023: Christie Ngo<br \/>\n2022: Eilisha Manandhar<br \/>\n2021: Cheyenne Bailey<br \/>\n2020: Erika Lisbet Lozano<br \/>\n2019: TraciAnn Hoglind<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">James F. Burgess Award for the Best Student Paper in Health Services Research<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award:<\/strong> Professor Burgess dedicated his research career to multi-disciplinary collaborations focused on highly relevant issues in health policy and health services research. This award recognizes a student paper that best embodies those values. Eligible papers will be submitted or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed health services research journal during the academic year and written by a current student in the PhD program in HLPM at BUSPH or a student who graduated in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes:<\/strong> Nominees can be self-nominated or nominated by fellow students\/faculty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipient:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Yufei Li and Yi-Jung Shen<br \/>\n2025: Allison Dorneo<br \/>\n2024: Nicole McCann<br \/>\n2023: Samantha Auty and Trina Johnson<br \/>\n2022: Samantha Auty<br \/>\n2021: Melissa Davoust<br \/>\n2020: Timothy William Levengood and Yingzhe Yuan<br \/>\n2019: Yevgeniy Feyman<br \/>\n2018: Kevin Griffith and Maya Ragavan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Allan R. Meyers Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Policy &amp; Management<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is presented annually to one or more graduating students from the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, who exemplify the late Professor Meyers\u2019 commitments to academic excellence, to careful research \u2013 particularly into the problems of disabled and other underserved patients, and to developing solutions that ameliorate those problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Bryce Church and Grace Connors<br \/>\n2025: Allison Fischman<br \/>\n2024: Caroline Dignard and Kristen Scopino<br \/>\n2023: Cynthia Baker and Nidhi Bandrapalli<br \/>\n2022: Abigail Dodds and Samantha Burkhart<br \/>\n2021: Senila Yasmin and Margret Frodin<br \/>\n2020: Lily Appugliese and Sarah Brewer<br \/>\n2019: Elizabeth Claire Burke, Luc F. Figueiredo Miller, Amal Hechehouche, and Jenna Grace Pradhuman<br \/>\n2018: Maria Camila Bustos Marquez, Kimberly A. Simmons, and Anna Elizabeth Ulrich<br \/>\n2017: Emily Dore and Casey Alexander<br \/>\n2016: Brooke A. Wildman and Alexander Ian Geralnick<br \/>\n2015: Michael Evan Cannella and Melinda Marie Rossi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">David K. Jones Award for Commitment to Health Policy and Social Justice<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is presented annually in memory of David K. Jones, a kind, compassionate person who consistently sought to understand and improve the lives of family, friends, and members of the community. This award will go to a graduate student from an under-represented population and studying health policy and committed to social justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Ramla Hagi and Serenity Wang<br \/>\n2025: Eric Ngo<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2024: Flor Villaneuva<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Dr. William B. Patterson Memorial Prize for Excellence in Environmental and Occupational Health<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is given annually in memory of Dr. William B. Patterson and his commitment to public health, medicine and education. It is awarded to one graduating master degree student who has shown exemplary academic performance or dedication to research with a preference for students who have demonstrated a desire to make a meaningful contribution to the field of environmental and occupational health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Matthew Guerra<br \/>\n2025: Georgia Quesnelle<br \/>\n2024: Audrey Garcia<br \/>\n2023: Talia Feldscher<br \/>\n2022: Dana Donovan<br \/>\n2021: Caredwen Foley<br \/>\n2020: Eileen Terchiak<br \/>\n2019: Rahazimah Alzahrah Binti Abu Bakar Sadiqin<br \/>\n2018: Caryn Marie Sennett<br \/>\n2017: Sara Schenkel<br \/>\n2016: Melissa Joan Rodriguez-Vodak<br \/>\n2015: Rachel Elizabeth Wilson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Dr. Theodore Colton Prize for Excellence in Epidemiology<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This prize is awarded in honor of Theodore Colton, Department of Epidemiology Chair Emeritus, at the close of each academic year. It is given to a student concentrating in this area for exemplary academic performance in epidemiology.\u00a0 Dr. Colton, who is the founding Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has dedicated much of his career to the education of future epidemiologists. The yearly award has been established for an exceptional MPH student who, we believe, will go on to make a notable contribution to the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Mai Hussein<br \/>\n2025: Ojasvi Vachharajani<br \/>\n2024: Toshiaki Komura<br \/>\n2023: Ethan D Assefa<br \/>\n2022: Tabor Hoatson<br \/>\n2021: Leona Ofei and Nicholas Griffiths<br \/>\n2020: Ruby Barnard-Mayers<br \/>\n2019: Jordan Schultz<br \/>\n2018: Brian Roger Charest<br \/>\n2017: Chad Coleman<br \/>\n2016: Julie Margit Petersen<br \/>\n2015: Casie E. Horgan and Kevin Michael Maloney<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Epidemiology Academic Excellence Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is given annually to a graduating Epidemiology Master of Science student who has demonstrated exemplary academic performance. The award acknowledges not only the student\u2019s academic achievement but also their potential to make important contributions to the field of epidemiology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Eliza Pentz<br \/>\n2025: Michelle Flesaker<br \/>\n2024: Lee Hughes<br \/>\n2023: Heidi Ahmed<br \/>\n2022: Liza Rachelle Gibbs<br \/>\n2021: Charlotte Doran and Maura Dodge<br \/>\n2020: Erich Tusch<br \/>\n2019: Lisa A. Bedford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">The Sherri Oliver Stuver Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: <span data-teams=\"true\"><\/span><span>This award is given annually in memory of Dr. Sherri Stuver and her commitment to public health and education. It is awarded to graduating doctoral student(s) in the Epidemiology Department who show exemplary performance as a well-rounded student showing dedication to academics, research, and assisting with teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Ruby Barnard-Mayers<br \/>\n2025: Chad Coleman<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2024: Julia Bond and Nedghie Adrien<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Center for Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is given to the student or students with the best academic performance who is enrolled in the Health Policy and Law certificate or the Human Rights &amp; Social Justice certificate. Academic performance is measured by excellence in the quality and accuracy of written papers and oral presentations, as well as grades in HPL or HRSJ certificate courses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Administering Authority<\/strong>: HLEHR Selection Committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: The Center for Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights selects the award recipient annually (no self-nominations will be accepted).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Rachel Ma<br \/>\n2025: Rebecca Rohac<br \/>\n2024: Hannah Jacobson, Gayathri Krishna and Sean Hagan<br \/>\n2023: Rachel Martin and Elizabeth Petit<br \/>\n2022: Gargi Pandey and Mia Touma<br \/>\n2021: Kate Conquest and Steven Callori<br \/>\n2020: Katarina Brittany and Boehm Badore<br \/>\n2019: Elizabeth Claire Burke<br \/>\n2018: N\/A<br \/>\n2017: Nina Rizk<br \/>\n2016: Jennifer Nicole Hawkins<br \/>\n2015: Jill Elizabeth Manning<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">The John Snow, Inc. Award in Global Health<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: This award is in recognition of capacity for original thinking and inspiring others to think; vision, leadership and leadership potential; academic achievement; outstanding practicum or community service; and active participation in courses and activities as an SPH student. The award supports BUSPH and acknowledges an outstanding student&#8217;s achievement and potential to contribute to global public health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: Must be a graduating in-person student; individuals can self-nominate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Aayushi Pagnis<br \/>\n2025: Sanjiv Gupta<br \/>\n2024: Miya Abboud<br \/>\n2023: Daphne Nakawesi<br \/>\n2022: Bolanle Feyisayo Banigbe<br \/>\n2021: Kate Garrison<br \/>\n2020: Dielle Lundberg<br \/>\n2019: Madeline Meyer Ray<br \/>\n2018: Maria Bustos Marquez<br \/>\n2017: Kaitlyn Berry and Chia-Ying Wendy Lin<br \/>\n2016: Jessica Elizabeth Autrey<br \/>\n2015: Chase L. Crossno and Miluka Prasanjalee Gunaratna<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Herb Kayne Prize for Excellence in Biostatistics<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Department of Biostatistics awards an annual prize for the Most Outstanding MPH Student in Biostatistics at the School. Since 1999, this monetary prize is given to an MPH student whose performance was excellent in Epidemiology and Biostatistics concentration. This prize is an expression of our gratitude to Herb Kayne, PhD, for his commitment to teaching epidemiology and biostatistics at SPH and his long-enduring interest in and dedication to his students in the MPH Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Johanna Sprangler<br \/>\n2025: Dan Nguyen<br \/>\n2024: Krystal Kuan<br \/>\n2023: Patricia Mello Ferrao<br \/>\n2022: Ashley Laliberte<br \/>\n2021: Bala Niharika Pillalamarri<br \/>\n2020: Nifasha Osmond Rusibamayila<br \/>\n2019: Kimberly Greco<br \/>\n2018: Penlong Wang<br \/>\n2017: Rachel Parker<br \/>\n2016: Elizabeth Showalter<br \/>\n2015: Olga Karlinskaya<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Biostatistics Academic Excellence Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award:<\/strong> Established in 2018 to recognize outstanding academic achievement, the Department of Biostatistics confers this award annually to a graduating Master\u2019s student who has consistently demonstrated exemplary academic performance throughout the program. Selection is based on academic performance, rigor and breadth of coursework, and faculty recommendations. This annual award includes a monetary prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: N\/A<br \/>\n2025: Anushka Aghi<br \/>\n2024: Ryan Zukowski<br \/>\n2023: Ryan Dacey<br \/>\n2022: Jingxian Tang<br \/>\n2021: Amanda Ignacio<br \/>\n2020: Erika Furtado<br \/>\n2019: Nicole Roth<br \/>\n2018: Katya Zelevinsky<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Biostatistics Excellence in Research Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award:<\/strong> Established in 2018 to recognize the importance of the role of biostatisticians in research, the Department of Biostatistics confers this award annually to a graduating Biostatistics Masters\u2019 student who has exceeded expectations in their research activities. The recipient of this award has demonstrated outstanding performance and dedication to research in the field of biostatistics. This annual award includes a monetary prize.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Yijia Wu<br \/>\n2025: Shae Gantt<br \/>\n2024: Lauren Delp<br \/>\n2023: Julia Elaine Zelinksy<br \/>\n2022: Kaleb Eppich<br \/>\n2021: Xiaojing Peng and Morgan Ryan<br \/>\n2020: Courtney Bella Goodrich<br \/>\n2019: Jimmy Kiely<br \/>\n2018: Zeyuan Song<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Delta Omega Honor Society<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: Founded in 1924, Delta Omega is the honorary society for graduate studies in public health. It celebrates excellent academic achievement, devotion to public health principles, and outstanding service in public health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: Nominations are not accepted for this award as it is based on GPA. Distinction is bestowed upon students with the top 10% cumulative GPA of each graduating class with a minimum GPA of 3.95.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Healthcare Management Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: Upsilon Phi Delta is a national academic honor society for students in healthcare administration. The mission of the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society is to recognize, reward and encourage academic achievements, service to the community and contributions to the healthcare management profession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: Nominations are not accepted for this award. Students are accepted into the UPD Honor Society on the basis of outstanding academic achievement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"anchor-heading\" id=\"faculty-awards\">Faculty Awards<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Teaching Award for Teaching in the Core<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Excellence in Teaching Award for Teaching in the Core recognizes an instructor who demonstrates excellence in teaching in PH717, PH718, PH719 or PH720, creates a supportive and inclusive learning environment, stimulates interest in the material, motivates students, and promotes student learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: BUSPH Primary Faculty can be nominated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Timothy Callaghan<br \/>\n2025: Bruce Larson<br \/>\n2024: Junenette Peters<br \/>\n2023: Monica Onyango<br \/>\n2022: Michael Ulrich<br \/>\n2021: Jennifer Schlezinger<br \/>\n2020: E. David Zepeda<br \/>\n2019: Jacqueline Milton-Hicks and Nicole Huberfeld<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Teaching Award for Student Engagement<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Excellence in Teaching Award for Student Engagement recognizes an instructor who encourages active learning, critical thinking, and creativity, connects with students in meaningful ways, and uses innovative strategies to inspire and motivate students to engage in the educational process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: BUSPH Primary Faculty can be nominated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Kipruto Kirwa<br \/>\n2025: Bill MacLeod<br \/>\n2024: Kiersten Strombotne<br \/>\n2023: Nafisa Halim<br \/>\n2022: Jacqueline Hicks<br \/>\n2021: Lora Sabin<br \/>\n2020: Sarah Rosner Preis<br \/>\n2019: David Jones<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Teaching Award for Dedication to Student Learning<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Excellence in Teaching Award for Dedication to Student Learning recognizes an instructor who has a positive impact on student learning outcomes, motivates and inspires students, is available to students inside and outside of the classroom, continuously enhances their teaching approach, and engages with students in community-wide educational and scholarly activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: BUSPH Primary Faculty can be nominated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Nancy Scott<br \/>\n2025: Kevin Lane<br \/>\n2024: Catharine Wang<br \/>\n2023: Veronika Wirtz<br \/>\n2022: Kiersten Strombotne<br \/>\n2021: Ching-Ti Liu<br \/>\n2020: Samantha Parker Kelleher<br \/>\n2019: Ludovic Trinquart<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Teaching Award for Outstanding New Instructor<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Excellence in Teaching Award for Outstanding New Instructor recognizes an instructor who demonstrates excellence in teaching in the first three years at SPH, uses creative and innovative teaching strategies, stimulates interest in the material, motivates students, and promotes student learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: BUSPH Primary Faculty can be nominated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Meredith Brooks<br \/>\n2025: Fatema Shafie Khorassani<br \/>\n2024: Salma Abdalla<br \/>\n2023: Elizabeth McCuskey<br \/>\n2022: Not awarded in 2022<br \/>\n2021: Sarah H. Gordon and Prasad Patil<br \/>\n2020: Kevin James Lane<br \/>\n2019: Peter Rockers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Educational Innovation<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Educational Innovation Award recognizes an instructor who challenges the traditional ways of doing things, tries new approaches, and seeks improvements in the way teaching is delivered, and learning is achieved. This award specifically focuses on unique course design that increases student interest and drives achievement.<\/p>\n<p>This award is presented at the annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Notes<\/strong>: BUSPH Primary Faculty can be nominated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Emily Goldmann<br \/>\n2025: Marcia Pescador Jimenez<br \/>\n2023: Carol Dolan<br \/>\n2022: Trish Elliott<br \/>\n2021: Diana Ceballos Ochoa<br \/>\n2020: M. Patricia Fabian<br \/>\n2019: Peter Rockers<br \/>\n2019: Christopher J. Louis<br \/>\n2018: Trish Elliott<br \/>\n2017: Megan Healey<br \/>\n2016: Victoria Parker<br \/>\n2015: Gouri Gupte<br \/>\n2014: Jacey Greece<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Research Early Career Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name of Award<\/strong>: Excellence in Research Early Career Award<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The early career excellence award recognizes the outstanding contribution of one faculty member at the rank of Assistant whose primary academic appointment is at BUSPH. Recipients should have scholarly accomplishments that advance public health research and improves the health of the communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Mary Willis<br \/>\n2025: Amelia Wesselink<br \/>\n2024: Sarah Gordon<br \/>\n2023: Sarah Ketchen Lipson<br \/>\n2022: Brooke Nichols<br \/>\n2021: Kim Nelson<br \/>\n2020: Angela R. Bazzi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Research Innovation Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The innovation in research award recognizes a faculty member whose work shifts existing paradigms, uses novel methodologies, or applies existing methodologies in new ways toward the goal of improving public health. Primary faculty at BUSPH of all ranks are eligible for this award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Kevin Nguyen<br \/>\n2025: Patricia Fabian<br \/>\n2024: Matt Motta<br \/>\n2023: Eric Rubenstein<br \/>\n2022: Birgit Claus Henn<br \/>\n2021: Melissa Garrido<br \/>\n2020: Julia R. Raifman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Excellence in Research Mentoring Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The award for mentoring in research recognizes the sustained contribution toward mentoring early career faculty, post-docs, and students in research. The award is given to one faculty member at the rank of Associate or Full whose primary academic appointment is at BUSPH.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Patricia Hibberd<br \/>\n2025: Greg Wellenius<br \/>\n2024: Martha Werler<br \/>\n2023: Veronika Wirtz<br \/>\n2022: Ching-Ti Liu<br \/>\n2021: Rich Saitz<br \/>\n2020: Bernard Leslie Harlow<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"anchor-heading\" id=\"staff-and-community-awards\">Staff and Community Awards<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Staff Excellence Award in Mentorship or Training<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: An individual who has played a key role in teaching, guiding, or being a role model for other staff. The nominee for this excellence award does not have to be a formal mentor but rather an individual who seizes opportunities to educate and guide others around them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Stephanie Grady<br \/>\n2025: Heatherly Mitch<br \/>\n2024: Tom Dauria<br \/>\n2023: Maria Costa<br \/>\n2022: Veronica Byam<br \/>\n2021: Melanie Gilreath Chaisson<br \/>\n2020: Tom Dauria<br \/>\n2019: Adriana Cristina Black<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Staff Excellence Award in Leadership<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: Recognition of an individual who has played a key role in the leadership of personnel, resource(s) or project(s).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Clara Chen<br \/>\n2025: Nikki Longe<br \/>\n2024: Elaine Bertolini<br \/>\n2023: Michael Koehler<br \/>\n2022: Bradford Francis<br \/>\n2021: Mahogany Price<br \/>\n2020: Julia Lanham<br \/>\n2019: Amanda Antonia Velez<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Staff Excellence Award in Collaboration<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award:<\/strong> Recognition of an individual who has played a key and potentially under-recognized role in making a complicated collaboration between multiple groups successful. This could include an individual who has gone above and beyond to enable collaborative and successful work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Alexandra Grigore<br \/>\n2025: Erica Augustine<br \/>\n2024: Jillian McKoy<br \/>\n2023: Dacia Beard<br \/>\n2022: Denise Sanchez<br \/>\n2021: Shelley Barnes<br \/>\n2020: Meredith Brown<br \/>\n2019: Rachel C. Pieciak<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">The Karen Smith Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Karen Smith Award is presented annually to a staff person in the Community Health Sciences department [or a staff member of the BUSPH community contributing to the CHS department], who has made outstanding and sustained contributions in their role. These contributions include superior performance in tasks associated with their job description, innovation and creativity, and commitment to the Department and School. Awardees should have been supportive of other staff (e.g. in their roles, and\/or in terms of helping with their development or training).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2026: Stacey Cunnington<br \/>\n2025: Denise Sanchez<br \/>\n2024: Sarah Lawrence<br \/>\n2023: Anisa Saleh<br \/>\n2022: Sarah Fielman<br \/>\n2021: Ida Adjivon<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">The Gail H. Douglas Award<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Award<\/strong>: The Gail H. Douglas Award was established in June 2006, on the occasion of the retirement of Gail Douglas, RN\u201968, MPH \u201988, who was Professor of Health Services and served BUSPH as the Associate Dean of Students and Acting Associate Dean of Public Health Practice. She recognized the critical role that public health practitioners play in fulfilling the mission of our school and in furthering the health of the public. The Douglas Award honors a person whose primary role is as a public health practitioner in the community. The recipient has contributed to the BUSPH community in one or more of the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>Education<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shows dedication to training BUSPH students by establishing meaningful practicum projects and providing excellence in practicum supervisory support<\/li>\n<li>Participates in practice-based teaching in BUSPH courses, providing a valuable link between the academic and practice arenas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaborates with BUSPH faculty in the conduct of innovative practice-based public health research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Service<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is a leader in public health service, improving the lives of underserved individuals and communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Past Award Recipients:<\/strong><br \/>\n2023: Carlene Pavlos<br \/>\n2022: Sashi James<br \/>\n2021: Mo Barbosa<br \/>\n2020: Ron O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\n2019: Mason Dunn<br \/>\n2018: N\/A<br \/>\n2017: Cheryl Sbarra<br \/>\n2016: Rachel Goodman and John Kane<br \/>\n2015: Staff of Bureau of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts Department of Public Health<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Public Health at Boston University aspires to excellence in all we do, towards our core purpose of Think. 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