About UM SPH

Faculty Awards for Excellence

The University of Michigan School of Public Health is committed to excellence in teaching. Each spring at graduation, the school presents a faculty award that demonstrates the value it places on teaching. (Students and faculty are invited to make nominations for the award.)

Another faculty award is presented annually for excellence in research.

Recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award

2007: Barbara Israel
2006: Richard Lichtenstein
2005: Robert Wolfe
2004: Peter Jacobson
2003: Susan Murray
2002: Matthew Boulton
2001: Peter Meier
2000: David Mendez
1999: Joseph W. Brown
1998: Xihong Lin
1997: Barry Rabe
1996: Tony Schork

Recipients of the Excellence in Research Award

2007: Jeffrey Alexander
2006: David Garabrant
2005: Marc Zimmerman
2004: Jerome Nriagu
2003: Rod Little
2002: George Kaplan
2001: Jeremy Taylor
2000: Mary Fran Sowers
1999: Michael Boehnke
1997: Ken Warner
1996: Neal Krause

Barbara Israel receives the 2007 Excellence in Teaching Award from student Derrick Matthews. More information.

Lawrence Reid
He's a former UM football player now finishing an Epidemiology M.P.H. degree. He says, "Working with the faculty, students, and administrative staff has been a great and enlightening experience at UM SPH."
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