2025 Teaching Awards

2025 Teaching Awards

The following three awards are based on nominations from students and voting open to all UTHealth Houston School of Public Health students.

2025 John P. McGovern Award for Outstanding Teaching: Abigail Sedory, PhD

2025 James Emerson Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Janica Gala

2025 Award for Excellence in Academic Advising: Heather T. Essigmann, PhD, MPH

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2025 Faculty Awards

The Faculty Council, Faculty Awards Committee would like to congratulate the 2025 UTHealth Houston School of Public Health faculty award winners. They have each exemplified excellence in their respective award categories. Each awardee will receive $1,000 in discretionary operating funds and be recognized at the May 16, 2025 Spring General Faculty Meeting.

Award for Excellence in Teaching

Ellen Breckenridge, JD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor NTI, Department of Management, Policy and Community Health

José-Miguel Yamal, PhD, Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

Award for Excellence in Community Service

Alexandra E. van den Berg, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Austin

Gretchen H. Walton, JD, MPH, Associate Professor NTI, Department of Management, Policy and Community Health

Research Mentor-Mentee Award

Shreela V. Sharma, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Jemima John, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor NTR, Department of Epidemiology

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Staff Member Awards

The Faculty Council, Faculty Awards Committee would like to congratulate the 2025 UTHealth Houston School of Public Health Outstanding Staff Member Award winners. Nominations were accepted from faculty and supervisors of staff, and the Faculty Awards Committee selected finalists which were voted on by all school of public health staff. Each awardee will receive a $1,000 award in recognition of their outstanding contributions.

Maricé Barahona, SPH - Department/Center Administrator, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

Leticia F. Valles, Academic and Admissions Advisor III, Department of Management, Policy and Community Health

Visit the Faculty Awards folder on the school intranet to see all past recipients and more information.