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YEAR END AWARDS

Student, Faculty, and Staff Honors for 2007

HMS/HSDM
Class of 2007
Sheila Naghshineh, Richard C. Cabot Prize
Jennifer Rose Siegel, Richard C. Cabot Prize
John Travis Hinson, Henry Asbury Christian Award
Andrea Vashti Jackson, Community Service Award
Jennifer Rose Siegel, Robert H. Ebert Primary Care Achievement Award
Benjamin Daniel Sommers, Robert H. Ebert Primary Care Achievement Award
Roberta Capp, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
Hector Luis Rivera, The Gerald S. Foster Award
Grace Jean-Yee Chan, Bemy Jelin ’91 Prize
Kanu Marting Okike, Risha Reneé Irby, Viviany Rodrigues Taqueti, Christopher Charles Selhorst, Tiffany Rhea Jackson, Multiculturalism Award
Jennifer Rose Siegel, Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Jenny Stillwaggon Radesky, The New England Pediatric Society Prize
Phyllis Alexandra Binnie, Leon Reznick Memorial Prize
Lisa Maher Zakhary, Dr. Sirgay Sanger Award
Benjamin Daniel Sommers, Rose Seegal Prize
Jay Ashok Shendure, James Tolbert Shipley Prize
Viviany Rodrigues Taqueti, PASTEUR Award

Faculty and Staff Awards
David Cardozo, assistant professor of neurology, Best Preclinical Instructor
Helen Shields, associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Best Preclinical Instructor
Sara Fazio, assistant professor of medicine at BID, Best Clinical Instructor
Joel Katz, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Best Clinical Instructor
Carolyn Bernstein, assistant professor of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Leonard Tow 2006 Humanism in Medicine Award
Ronald Arky, the Charles S. Davidson distinguished professor of medicine, Overall Class Support
Growdon Whitfield, Best Teaching Resident

Health Sciences and Technology Teaching Awards
Christopher Shera, associate professor of otology and laryngology and health sciences and technology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Irving M. London Teaching Award
Robert Rubin, the Gordon and Marjorie Osborne professor of health sciences and technology at HMS and BWH, Thomas A. McMahon Mentoring Award

HSDM Faculty, Staff, and Student Awards
Srinivas Murthy Susarla, Harvard Dental Alumni Association Gold Medal
Nathan Cannon Dewsnup, Harvard Dental Alumni Association Silver Medal
Ezz Dean Azzeh, James H. Shaw Award
Mohamed Ibrahim Masoud, Joseph L. Henry Award
Frances Mira Kim, James M. Dunning Award
Kelly Ann Norris, Dr. Norman B. Nesbett Medal
Robert Genco, visiting professor of medicine at BWH and Joslin Diabetes Center, Goldhaber Award
Hiroe Ohyama, instructor in restorative dentistry and biomaterials sciences, Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Sheldon Peck, associate clinical professor of developmental biology, Distinguished Senior Faculty Award

HSPH Prizes and Awards
Class of 2007
Jesse M. Rohde, Albert Schweitzer Award
Monisha Machado, Charles F. Wilinsky Award
Jill Roncarati, Fang-Ching Sun Memorial Award
Adam MacNeil, Edgar Haber Award in Biological Sciences
Genevieve Daftary, Cynthia Mesh, and Jennie Wei, Gareth M. Green Award for Excellence in Public Health
Rajeev Ayyagari and Lee Dicker, Robert B. Reed Prize for Excellence in Biostatistical Science
Cassandra Okechukwu, Student Recognition Award
Trong Thanh-Hoang Ao, Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award

Faculty
Julie Buring, professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award
Saidi Kapiga, associate professor of reproductive health, Mentoring Award
William Hsiao, K.T. Li professor of economics, and Immaculata DeVivo, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Teaching Citation
Megan Othus, Teaching Assistant Award

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