Dean’s Community Service Award
Nomination Submission Period for Dean's Community Service Awards is now ended.
The recipients will be announced here in March 2021.
About the Award
Community service is an integral part of the missions of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. In faithfulness to this commitment, the Dean’s Community Service Award was established in 1999 to recognize individuals whose dedication and commitment to community service have made a positive impact on the local, national, or international community.
Since the inception of the Dean’s Community Service Award, Harvard Medical School has recognized the contributions of 152 individuals and donated $1,000 to 138 organizations that serve our community. 13 faculty members have been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service.Community service is an integral part of the missions of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. In faithfulness to this commitment, the Dean’s Community Service Award was established in 1999 to recognize individuals whose dedication and commitment to community service have made a positive impact on the local, national, or international community.
Harvard Medical School donates $1,000 to the organizations served by award recipients. Since the inception, the Dean’s Community Service Award, Harvard Medical School has recognized the contributions of 164 individuals, including 13 faculty members who were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and donated $1,000 to 152 organizations that serve our community. (please click here to see the list of communities served).
Please click here for Award guidelines.
Watch 2020 Dean’s Community Service Award Ceremony
2020 Dean's Community Service Award Recipients
Faculty
Robert S. Brown, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, BIDMC
The Organization for Renal Care in Haiti (TORCH), Inc.
Matthew Gartland, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, BWH
MGH Asylum Clinic
Arianne S. Kourosh, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, MGH
Project Phoenix
Deirdre K. Tobias, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, BWH
Norwell Farms Inc
Trainee
David J. Harrison, MD
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, BCH
Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times
Jiska van der Reest, PhD
Research Fellow in Cell Biology, HMS
GOViral
Students
Pooja Chandrashekar
HMS Class of 2023
ProjectCSGIRLS
Kayla Davis
PhD Candidate, BBS Program
Oklahoma Science Project-Code Lab
Renajd Rrapi
HMS Class of 2020
National Alzheimer's Buddies
Staff
Jessica L. Alpert
Case Writer and Researcher, Center for Primary Care, HMS
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Tara L. Lauriat, PhD
Program Director for Academic Affairs, Faculty Affairs,HMS
St. Paul Parish Food Pantry
In the News
Giving Back, Paying Forward: 2020 Community Service Awards recognize leadership, service
HMS News | August 3, 2020
- The Best of Who We Are: Dean’s Community Service Awards recognize extraordinary service in communities all over the globe - HMS News, June 6, 2019
- Ellen Levine Receives Harvard Medical School Dean’s Community Service Award - IPFF, June 25, 2019
- Passion for Service: Nine honored with Dean’s Community Service Award - HMS News, June 23, 2016
- Dr. Ernesto Gonzalez, recipient of the 2012 Community Service Lifetime Achievement Award is featured in: "House calls to the homeless: Accomplished MGH doctor Ernesto Gonzalez, who grew up poor in Puerto Rico, has made a long practice of volunteering for those in need" - Boston Globe, June 19, 2015
- A Privilege to Serve: HMS Community Service Awards Honor Outstanding Contributions - HMS News, June 30, 2014
For more information please contact:
E-mail: dicp_csaward@hms.harvard.edu
Pinar Kilicci-Kret
Program Manager
Career Development
Tel: 617-432-1083
Photos by Jeff Thiebauth unless otherwise noted.
