2021
Awards listed on this page reflect School-wide honors received in the 2021 calendar year by current members of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, including faculty, staff, and students.
Program Award for Culture of Excellence in Mentoring
This award will be presented at the HMS Faculty Council Meeting in December 2021.
FIRST Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Program Leaders: James R. Rodrigue, professor and vice-chair of clinical research, Department of Surgery, and Aaron Fleishman, associate in surgery
MGH Neurology Program in Faculty Development and Promotions, Massachusetts General Hospital
Program Leader: Steven M. Greenberg, John J. Conway Endowed Chair, Department of Neurology, vice-chair, Faculty Development and Promotions
The GSAS Harvard Biotechnology Club's Incubator Program, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Program Leaders: Carl Novina, associate professor of medicine, and Fred Mermelstein, lecturer on neurobiology, part-time
Dean’s Leadership Awards
Awards were presented by the Joint Committee on the Status of Women on June 8, 2021
Joseph B. Martin Dean's Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Staff
Deborah Corwin Scott, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School
Joseph B. Martin Dean's Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty
Alexa B. Kimball, professor of dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; president and chief executive officer, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess
Shirley Driscoll Dean's Leadership Award for the Enhancement of Women's Careers
Miriam Bredella, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School; vice chair, Department of Radiology; director, Center for Faculty Development, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dean’s Award for an Emerging Leader in Women's Careers
Ingrid Katz, associate professor of medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; associate faculty director, Harvard Global Health Institute
Excellence in Mentoring Awards
Awards were presented by the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership on June 8, 2021
William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
Julie E. Buring, professor of medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Daniel I. Rosenthal, professor of radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dennis Ross-Degnan, associate professor of population medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Elizabeth M. Van Cott, professor of pathology, Massachusetts General
A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award
Michael H. Baym, assistant professor of biomedical informatics, Harvard Medical School
Lorenzo Berra, Reginald Jenney associate professor of anaesthesia, Massachusetts General
Douglas M. Dahl, associate professor of surgery (urology), Massachusetts General
Jason A. Efstathiou, professor of radiation oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Arundhati Ghosh, assistant professor of surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance
Grace C. Huang, associate professor of medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess
Jennifer W. Mack, associate professor of pediatrics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Benjamin Raby, Leila and Irving Perlmutter professor of pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Edward K. Rodriguez, associate professor of orthopedic surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess
Young Mentor Award
Fatima Cody Stanford, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics, Massachusetts General
Anna (Helena) H. Jonsson, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Benjamin P. Kleinstiver, assistant professor of pathology, Massachusetts General
Sarah A. Tannenbaum, instructor in psychiatry, Judge Baker Children's Center
Matthew L. Wong, assistant professor of emergency medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess
Dean's Community Service Award
Awards were presented by the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership on May 13, 2021
Faculty
Daniel H. Daneshvar, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Spaulding
TeachAids
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, assistant professor of surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
Trainee
Maura Alvarez, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
CUMIS UCV Foundation
Students
Troy B. Amen and Vartan Pahalyants, MD/MBA candidates, Class of 2021, Harvard Medical School
Hope Medical Scholars
Camille Herzog, Kristie Kaczmarek, Jennie Kim, Natalie Wen, and Susanna Yeh, DMD Candidates, Classes of 2022 & 2023, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Wampanoag Outreach Group: Portable Clinic Project, affiliated with the Cambridge Health Alliance
Salvador Brito and Olubusola Olukoya, PhD Candidates, Division of Medical Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard University
Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience
Staff
Ashleigh C. Morris, financial analyst, Office for External Education, Harvard Medical School
Project 351
Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, Excellence in Mentoring Award
This award was presented by the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs at the Annual Harold Amos Lecture on April 20, 2021
Sherri-Ann Burnett-Bowie, assistant professor of medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
The Student Mentorship Program at Harvard Medical School voted to name this mentorship award in memory of Dr. Shannon, who died in March 2009. Dr. Shannon was a pediatrician for more than 25 years. He served as chief emeritus of emergency services at Boston Children’s Hospital and was the first African American to be named a full professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. This award recognizes Dr. Shannon’s contributions as a teacher and as a mentor over his two decades at Harvard Medical School.
Diversity Awards
Awards were presented by the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership on April 13, 2021
Diversity Lifetime Achievement Award
Susanne E. Churchill, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award
Fidencio Saldaña, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dennis Spencer, instructor in pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Valerie E. Stone, professor of medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, represented by program leaders Sidhu Gangadharan, associate professor of surgery, and Anne Fabrizio, instructor in surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sharon P. Clayborne Staff Diversity Award
James (Jim) Gould, Director, Office for Post-Doctoral Programs and Services, Harvard Medical School
Kari Hannibal, Senior Administrator in the Office of Scholarly Engagement, and Gilianne Jawahir, Educational Quality Improvement Coordinator, Program in Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
Exceptional Institutional Service HMS/HSDM Awards
Barbara J. McNeil Faculty Award for Exceptional Service
Julie Buring, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Epidemiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Katherine Peller, instructor in pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service
Carl Cowan, associate director of emergency management, Campus Planning and Facilities, Harvard Medical School
M. William Lensch, executive director, Greater Boston Consortium on Pathogen Readiness; strategic advisor, Office of the Dean, Harvard Medical School
Learn more about the Diversity awards, including nomination guidelines and previous recipients.