Dean’s Community Service Award
Please join us for the
2021 Dean's Community Service Awards Virtual Ceremony
Harvard Medical School
Thursday, May 13, 2021 | 4:00 pm (EDT)
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.
2021 Dean's Community Service Award Recipients
Faculty
Daniel H. Daneshvar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding
TeachAids
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, MGH
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
Trainee
Maura Alvarez, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, BIDMC
CUMIS UCV Foundation
Students
Troy B. Amen & Vartan Pahalyants
MD/MBA Candidate, Class of 2021, HMS
Hope Medical Scholars
Camille Herzog, Kristie Kaczmarek, Jennie Kim, Natalie Wen, Susanna Yeh
DMD Candidates, Class of 2022 & 2023, HSDM
Wampanoag Outreach Group: Portable Clinic Project, affiliated with the CHA
Salvador Brito & Olubusola Olukoya
PhD Candidates, Division of Medical Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, HU
Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience
Staff
Ashleigh C. Morris
Financial Analyst, Office for External Education, HMS
Project 351
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
Terésa J. Carter
Program Manager
Career Development
Tel: 617-432-4697
Photos by Jeff Thiebauth unless otherwise noted.
