Awards and Recognitions

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Community awards received by current Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine faculty, postdocs, staff, and students can also be found, categorized by calendar year, on the HMS Office of the Dean webpage.

Rappaport Public Policy Fellowship

Fourth-year HMS MD student Harry Shanmugam has been named a 2025 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for students to gain real-world experience in policymaking while contributing to meaningful public impact. Fellows tackle critical issues in areas such as immigration, public health, education, housing, and transportation.

Shanmugam spent the summer working with MassHealth on drug pricing, analyzing how Medicaid agencies in other states pay for high-cost medications — including cell and gene therapies and drugs covered by the 340B drug pricing program — to identify applicable strategies for Massachusetts.

The mission of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston is to strengthen governance by fostering connections among scholars, students, public officials, and civic leaders. Fellows are selected through a competitive process. This year’s cohort was chosen from nearly 200 applicants and represents 10 schools across eight universities.

Adapted from Rappaport Institute materials.

Center for Bioethics Teaching Awards

At its fall welcome event on Aug. 27, the HMS Center for Bioethics presented two teaching awards to HMS faculty:

  • The 2025 Master’s Student Bioethics Teaching Award was given to Kelsey Berry, lecturer on global health and social medicine in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS and director of the Foundations Course in the Master of Bioethics (MBE) Program.
  • The 2025 Medical Student Bioethics Teaching Award was presented to Louise King, HMS assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dolores J. Brown Staff Award

This award, presented by the HMS Office of Human Resources, was established in 2002 by the Brown family to honor Dolores J. Brown and commemorate her contributions to the School. The award specifically recognizes an HMS or HSDM staff member who:

  • Demonstrates a record of outstanding service to their position, colleagues, and the School
  • Shows respect for HMS and its mission
  • Creates a welcoming, friendly, and inclusive work environment

2025 Recipient

  • Martha Vedrine, HSDM admissions and recruitment coordinator
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The Office of Human Resources acknowledges this year’s nominees, whose dedication and commitment to high performance continues to make HMS and HSDM great places to work:

  • Anna Chang, External Education
  • Caleigh Griffin, Corporate Learning – Programs, External Education
  • Clare Donohue, Postgraduate Medical Education
  • Dennis Rowe, HSDM HDC Clinical Operations
  • Dziyana Shaplyka, IT Client Services
  • Emely Mateo, PME Student Affairs
  • Leanne “Jake” Jacobellis, HSDM Global and Community Health
  • Louis Lee, HSDM Administration
  • Merhawi Wells-Bogue, IT-Teaching and Learning Technology
  • Sandra Connors, MEDscience
  • Sara Whiteman, Wyss Institute
  • Tiffany Sum, HSDM HDC Clinical Operations