Gene Feingold Diversity Award

UM SPH Excellence in Diversity Award

In 2002, the University of Michigan School of Public Health lost a remarkable colleague and friend, Professor Emeritus Eugene Feingold. Gene spent much of his life working to end poverty and racial discrimination. To further these goals, he went back to school, when he was in his sixties, to earn a law degree. The Gene Feingold Excellence in Diversity Award honors his memory and celebrates his achievement.

Nominations

The award committee will seek nominations every year. If there is a worthy recepient, the award can be presented each year to a faculty member or staff member. Nomination and supporting documentation information is available from the SPH Office of Academic Affairs, 1734 SPH I, Ann Arbor MI 48109-2029

Information About the Award

PURPOSE: The SPH Gene Feingold Diversity was established in 2004 to recognize faculty and staff members who have made an exceptional contribution to a climate of diversity in the UM SPH.

ELIGIBILITY: Any faculty member or staff member is eligible to be nominated. Award recipients cannot be nominated again. A list of past recipients is provided at right.

CRITERIA FOR AWARD: The Gene Feingold Excellence in Diversity Award will be made to recognize outstanding contributions to a climate of diversity in the School of Public Health.

NOMINATION PROCESS: The Gene Feingold Diversity Award was formerly awarded triennially and changed in 2011 to being awarded when deemed warranted. The nomination for the award can be initiated by a faculty or staff member or a student. It should be supported by documentation not to exceed three pages. The nomination and supporting documentation should be forwarded to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs generally in March of the year given. The supporting documentation should include:

A brief description of the efforts towards promoting diversity around the school.
The significance or value of the endeavors for the mission of the school.
The role and involvement of and/or impact upon students in the described efforts or activities.

SELECTION: The selection of the recipient of the Gene Feingold Diversity Award will be made by the SPH Task Force on Diversity. The award recipient will be recognized at SPH graduation and will receive $1000.

Recipients

2011 Toby Citrin, adjunct professor of health management and policy and director of the Center for Public Health and Community Genomics.

2010 diversity award ceremony

2010: Barbara Israel, Health Behavior and Health Education, who works in community-based participatory research, empowerment, and social determinants of health. The award was presented at graduation by Rachel Julie Garcia, '10 (at left above)
2007 (dual awardees):
Richard Lichtenstein, Health Management & Policy; director of the Summer Enrichment Program and co-PI of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (at left below)
2007 (dual awardees):
Harold "Woody" Neighbors, Health Behavior and Health Education; director of Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health and director of the Program for Research on Black Americans (at right below)

Richard Lichtenstein and Harold "Woody" Neighbors

2004: Former UM SPH faculty member Eugene Feingold (awarded posthumously)