Thirteen members of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine community were honored at the 2021 Dean’s Community Service Awards ceremony on May 13. The awards recognize HMS and HSDM faculty, staff, trainees, and students for exemplifying HMS’s mission of outreach and community service.
HMS Dean George Q. Daley recognized this year’s honorees as selfless innovators and leaders who, along with the organizations they serve, have performed outstanding community service, such as delivering health care to underserved communities in Venezuela or providing students from groups underrepresented in medicine with opportunities to attend classes at HMS, Harvard College, Harvard Business School, and other area institutions.
Other 2021 award recipients were responsible for seminal efforts related to the research, product development, and growth of the CrashCourse concussion initiative; raised awareness among policymakers for lung cancer and lung cancer screening; and established a mobile dental clinic on Wampanoag tribal land in Massachusetts.
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership Joan Reede introduced each award recipient during the virtual ceremony, offering gratitude and congratulations on behalf of the School.
The Dean’s Community Service Awards recognize individuals whose dedication and commitment to improving the lives of others makes a positive impact on local, national, or international communities. The School contributes $1,000 to the organization that each recipient has worked so hard to support.
Since its inception in 1999, the awards program has recognized 177 individuals—including faculty members, trainees, students, and staff—and donated to 159 organizations affiliated with the award recipients.
2021 HMS Dean’s Community Service Awards Recipients
Faculty
Daniel H. Daneshvar, HMS assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
TeachAids
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, HMS assistant professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
Trainee
Maura Alvarez, HMS research fellow in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
CUMIS UCV Foundation
Students
Troy Amen and Vartan Pahalyants, ’21 MD/MBA graduates, HMS
Hope Medical Scholars
Camille Herzog, Kristie Kaczmarek, Jennie Kim, Natalie Wen, and Susanna Yeh, HSDM students
Wampanoag Outreach Group: Portable clinic project, affiliated with Cambridge Health Alliance
Salvador Brito and Olubusola Olukoya, PhD candidates, HMS Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard PhD Program in Neuroscience
Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience
Staff
Ashleigh Morris, financial analyst, HMS Office for External Education
Project 351
