Previous Winners

2023 Award Winners

  • Laura Le, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Traci Toomey, Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Jesse Berman, Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award
  • Elizabeth Lukanen, P&A Excellence Award
  • Stefannie Thompson, Judy Peterson Staff Excellence Award
  • Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, Teamwork Excellence Award
  • Ned McCully, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Staff Champion Award
  • Dana Carroll, Outstanding Health Equity Impact Award

2022 Award Winners

  • Bjorn Berg, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Sarah Gollust, Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Susan Mason & Jaime Slaughter-Acey, Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award
  • Anne Marie Hotop, P&A Excellence Award
  • Linda Zenner, Judy Peterson Staff Excellence Award
  • SPH Student Services (CeCe Altenhofen, Jennifer Arntzen, Daniel Chang, Emily Dunsworth, Darren Kaltved, Vic Massaglia, Jenny Porter, Drew Smith, Mercedes Taneja, and Stefanie Wiesinski), Teamwork Excellence Award
  • EpiCH Art Team (Audra Gaikowski, Emily Hietpas, Chris Hoefer, Ruby Nguyen, Morgan Wright), Excellence in Collaboration & Creativity Group Award
  • Robbin Frazier, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Staff Champion Award
  • Linda Bane Frizzell, Outstanding Health Equity Impact Award

2021 Award Winners

The Faculty & Staff Recognition Celebration was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; recognition awards were not presented for this year.

2020 Award Winners

The Faculty & Staff Recognition Celebration was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; recognition awards were not presented for this year.

2019 Award Winners

  • Heather Nelson and David Vock, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Craig Hedberg, Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Justine Mishek, Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award
  • Sara Benning, P&A Excellence Award
  • Sarah Keene, P&A Excellence Award
  • Sally Olander, Judy Peterson Staff Excellence Award
  • Katie Keyser, Excellence in Peer Mentoring Award
  • Office of E-Learning Service, Teamwork Excellence Award
  • Biostatistics Service Teaching Group, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, Excellence in Collaboration & Creativity Group Award

2018 Award Winners

  • Ruby Nguyen, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Alan Lifson, Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Kelli Johnson, P&A Excellence Award
  • Kien Quan, P&A Excellence Award
  • Karen Omlung, Judy Peterson Staff Excellence Award
  • Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC), Division of Health Policy & Management, Teamwork Excellence Award
  • Research Support Services Team (RSST), Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, Excellence in Collaboration & Creativity Group Award

2017 Award Winners

  • Pam Schreiner, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Laura Le, Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award
  • Shalini Kulasingam, Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Jerri Kjolhaug, Outstanding Public Health Impact Award
  • Diane Kampa, P&A Excellence Award
  • Merrie Harrison, P&A Excellence Award
  • Karen Omlung, Judy Peterson Staff Excellence Award
  • “Team Hazmat” Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Teamwork Excellence Award
  • Administrative Support Services Team-ASST, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, Excellence in Collaboration & Creativity Group Award

2016 Award Winners

  • Julian Wolfson, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Peter Raynor, Charles N. Hewitt Creative Teaching Award
  • Craig Hedberg, Outstanding Public Health Impact Award
  • James “Jim” Hodges, School of Public Health Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Sara Hurley, School of Public Health P&A Excellence Award
  • Janet Bendickson, Judy Peterson Excellence in Leadership Award
  • Andy Ryan, Excellence in Mentoring Award
  • Coordinating Centers for Biometric Research (CCBR) Team, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, Excellence in Teamwork or Collaboration Award
  • NET-Works: Now Everybody Together for Amazing and Healthy Kids Team, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Excellence in Teamwork or Collaboration Award
  • Art & Science of Prevention (ASoP) Planning Team, Excellence in Innovation and Creativity Group Award
  • Drs. Bruce Alexander, Environmental Health Sciences Division Head and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Epidemiology and Community Health Division Head, were presented the distinguished honor of Mayo Professor in Public Health

2015 Award Winners

  • Richard MacLehose, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Traci Toomey, Leonard M. Schuman Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Katy Kozhimannil, Outstanding Public Health Impact Award
  • Gurumurthy Ramachandran, School of Public Health Award for Excellence in Advising
  • Eileen Denning, School of Public Health P&A Excellence Award
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