HST students have a longstanding tradition of conferring a number of annual awards to recognize faculty and other members of the community for exemplary teaching, mentoring and service.
The 2024 awards will be presented at the HST Spring Dinner (April 30), the nomination deadline is Friday, February 16, 2024.
All members of the HST community are invited to submit a Nomination.
There is nothing more essential to a successful endeavor than leadership. HST owes much of its success to the wise and visionary leadership of its founder, Irving M. London, MD.
Dr. London was born and raised in Malden, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard for his undergraduate (summa cum laude, '39) and medical ('43) degrees. After three years in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army, Dr. London joined the Department of Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, where he stayed for nine years. In 1955 he accepted the challenge to help found the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and he served as its first Chairman of the Department of Medicine for 15 years.
In 1969, on sabbatical leave from Einstein, Dr. London served as the director of a planning effort to develop an innovative program at the intersection of science, engineering and medicine that would draw on the resources of both MIT and Harvard. The result of that planning effort is HST, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Dr. London formally directed HST through its nascent years, from 1970 to 1985, and his informal leadership and general counsel endure to this day.
His achievements in medical research and education have been recognized by awards and honors, among which are selection to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and selection as a founding member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. London is Professor of Medicine, Emeritus at Harvard and the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Professor of Biology, Emeritus at MIT.
HST students are invited to recommend one individual for the Irving M. London Teaching Award by writing a statement of nomination explaining your relationship to your nominee and why she/he/they have distinguished herself/himself/themselves as an outstanding teacher. Beyond overall excellence in teaching, the selection committee will consider the extent of each nominee’s impact in terms of class hours, class size, and years of service. All faculty members involved in teaching HST courses are eligible for the award; a faculty member is not required to have a formal appointment in HST to qualify.
We prefer to acknowledge faculty whose teaching contributions have not previously been recognized. However, you may nominate previous recipients for ongoing excellence in teaching if they have not been recognized in the past five years.
2024 Rohit Sharma, MD, PhD
2023 Trudy Van Houten, PhD
2022 Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH
2021 Clyde Crumpacker, MD and Harvey Simon, MD
2020 Sabine Hildebrandt, MD
2019 Sarah Flier, MD and Anna Rutherford, MD
2018 John A. Assad, PhD
2017 Richard Mitchell, MD, PhD and Robert Padera, Jr, MD, PhD
2016 Carl Rosow, MD, PhD
2015 Albert Lam, MD
2014 Thomas Byrne, MD
2013 Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, and Daniel Soloman, MD
2012 Anastasia Herta Koniaris, MD
2011 Matthew Frosch, MD, PhD
2010 W. Hallowell Churchill, MD, and Roger G. Mark, MD, PhD
2009 Barbara C. Fullerton, PhD, and James B. Kobler, PhD
2008 Henry Klapholz, MD
2007 Christopher A. Shera, PhD
2006 Collin M. Stultz, MD, PhD
2005 Robert F. Padera, MD, PhD
2004 Dennis M. Freeman, PhD
2003 Lee Gehrke, PhD and Trudy M. Van Houten, PhD
2002 John J. Guinan, Jr. PhD and Joseph A. Majzoub, MD
2001 Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD and Valerie Pronio-Stelluto, MD
2000 Richard H. Masland, PhD and David N. Louis, MD
1999 Thomas A. McMahon, PhD* and William Quist, MD, PhD
1998 Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD
1997 David J. Kuter, MD, DPhil
1996 Carl E. Rosow, MD, PhD
1995 Richard N. Mitchell, MD, PhD
1994 Cecil H. Coggins, MD
1993 Harvey B. Simon, MD
1992 Frederick J. Schoen, MD, PhD
1991 Helmut G. Rennke, MD
1990 William M. Kettyle, MD
1989 Lee Gehrke, PhD
1988 Abul K. Abbas, MD
1987 Farish A. Jenkins, Jr. PhD
1986 Walle J. H. Nauta, MD, PhD
* posthumously awarded
This prize was established in 2009 by an alumnus of HST's MD program in honor of Drs. Christine and Jonathan Seidman for their inspirational mentorship. Christine Edry Seidman, MD, is the Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Jonathan G. Seidman, PhD, is the Henrietta B. and Frederick H. Bugher Foundation Professor of Genetics at HMS. The prize is designed to acknowledge a faculty member for outstanding research mentorship of an HST MD student.
HST students are invited to recommend one mentor for the Seidman Prize for MD Research Mentorship by writing a statement of nomination explaining your relationship with your nominee and why she/he/they have distinguished herself/himself/themselves as an outstanding research mentor. All faculty members who mentor HST MD students in their research are eligible for the award; a faculty member is not required to have a formal appointment in HST to qualify.
We prefer to acknowledge mentors whose contributions have not previously been recognized. However, students may nominate previous recipients for ongoing excellence in mentoring if they have not been recognized in the past five years.
2024 Abhiram Bhashyam, MD, PhD
2023 Benjamin Ebert, MD, PhD
2022 Elazer R. Edelman, MD, PhD
2021 Yonatan Grad, MD, PhD
2020 Leo Tsai, MD, PhD
2019 Lorelei Mucci, MPH, ScD
2018 Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD
2017 Eliezer Van Allen, MD
2016 Raymond Huang, MD,PhD
2015 Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD
2014 Bohdan Pomahac, MD
2013 Chinfei Chen, MD, PhD
2012 Rachael A. Clark, MD, PhD
2011 Mary Bouxsein, PhD
2010 Zoltan P. Arany, MD, PhD
2009 Elizabeth A. Thiele, MD, PhD
Thomas A. McMahon studied physics at Cornell and received his doctorate in engineering from MIT. He joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1971 and was later named Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics and Professor of Biology. Professor McMahon was a highly valued member of the HST faculty. Internationally recognized as a pioneer in biomechanics, he authored over eighty scientific papers, two scientific books, and three novels. Professor McMahon passed away suddenly in 1999.
Tom was praised for his inspirational teaching and his genuine dedication to students. One student wrote: "While choosing my future advisors and mentors, I found myself comparing prospective mentors with Dr. McMahon. I have looked for the same qualities of compassion, understanding, love of science, intelligence, ethics, and enthusiasm. He is exactly the sort of professor I might want to be." His style of mentoring was based on a combination of warm friendship, keen scientific insight, active day-to-day interaction, and a gift for helping people define and realize their goals. In 1999, Professor McMahon was honored with the Harvard Graduate Student Council Excellence in Mentoring Award at Harvard and the Irving M. London Teaching Award in HST.
HST students are invited to recommend one mentor for the Thomas A. McMahon Mentoring Award by writing a statement of nomination explaining your relationship with your nominee and why she/he/they have distinguished herself/himself/themselves as an outstanding mentor. All faculty and staff involved in mentoring HST students are eligible for the award; an individual is not required to have a formal appointment in HST to qualify.
We prefer to acknowledge mentors whose contributions have not previously been recognized. However, students may nominate previous recipients for ongoing excellence in mentoring if they have not been recognized in the past five years.
2024 Michael Bailin, MD
2023 Nathaniel O. Price, MD
2022 Ann K. Shinn, MD
2021 Junne Kamihara, MD, PhD
2020 Ellen Roche, PhD
2019 Mary L. Bouxsein, PhD
2018 Leia Stirling, PhD
2017 Loren Walensky, MD, PhD
2016 Benjamin Ebert, MD, PhD
2015 Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD
2014 Konstantina (Tina) Stankovic, MD, PhD
2013 Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
2012 Julie Greenberg, PhD and Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD
2011 Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD
2010 Jeffrey Karp, PhD
2009 Peter Szolovits, PhD
2008 Elfar Adalsteinsson, PhD
2007 Robert H. Rubin, MD
2006 Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD and John J. Rosowski, PhD
2005 Andrew J. Oxenham, PhD
2004 Richard N. Mitchell, MD, PhD
2003 Valerie J. Pronio-Stelluto, MD
2002 M. Charles Liberman, PhD
2001 Louis Braida, PhD and Roger G. Mark, MD, PhD
2000 Elazer R. Edelman, MD, PhD
Awarded to a current member of the faculty or staff at Harvard or MIT who embodies excellence through actions or deeds that promote HST community values and/or ideals. Nominees will have worked to improve the quality of the HST program via student life, curriculum, and/or program services.
HST students are invited to recommend a member of the community for a Roger G. Mark Outstanding Service Award by submitting a statement of nomination explaining how that individual has distinguished himself/herself/themselves as an outstanding member of the HST community.
Faculty/Staff Award: All current Harvard and MIT faculty and staff members are eligible for nomination; a formal appointment in HST is not required.
Student Award: All HST students (MEMP, MD, and GEMS) are eligible for nomination. Small groups responsible for specific initiatives may also be nominated.
2024 Xining Gao
2023 Iris Wu
2022 Simran Handa, MD Candidate
2021 Rory Mather, MD-PhD student
2020 Adam Berger, MD and MEMP PhD student
2019 Katherine Redfield, MD Candidate
2024 Laurie Ward
2023 Julie E. Greenberg, PhD
2022 William M. Kettyle, MD
2021 Patty Cunningham, HST Academic Program Manager
2020 Mohini Lutchman, PhD
2019 Sabine Hildebrandt, MD and Trudy Van Houten, PhD
HST students are invited to recommend an individual for an HST Outstanding Teaching Award by submitting a statement of nomination explaining their relationship with the nominee and how the nominee has have distinguished himself/herself/themselves as an outstanding teacher. In addition to overall excellence in teaching, the selection committee will consider the extent of each nominee’s impact in terms of class hours, class size, and years of service. All HST students (MEMP, MD, and GEMS) who teach in the HST curriculum are eligible for nomination.
2024 Nicole Gilette, MD-PhD Student
2023 Tong Xu, MD-PhD Student
2022 Lucas Cahill, MD student and MEMP PhD alumnus
2021 Timothy Caradonna, MD-PhD Student
2020 Brian Y. Chang, MD student and MEMP PhD alumnus
2019 Tom Howard, MD Candidate
