The Cecil G. Sheps Award | Department of Social Medicine

The Cecil G. Sheps Award, named for a pioneering health services researcher, physician, and UNC faculty member, goes to a member of the graduating class who over four years of undergraduate medical training, demonstrates both academic excellence in and practical commitment to the principles of Social Medicine. Academic excellence is judged by the performance of medical students in courses taught by Social Medicine faculty, while practical commitment is demonstrated by students’ sustained involvement in research projects, community work, or clinical activities that reflect the principles of Social Medicine. The winner is awarded a cash prize and a certificate.

Cecil G. Sheps Award Recipients

2023 Diana Dayal and Brian Wood
2022 Jean-Luc Banks and J. Bailey Sanford
2021 Tam D. Nguyen and Enioluwafe D. Ojo
2020 Austin Hopkins
2019 Hayley Cunningham and Nicole Damari
2018 Jennifer Claytor
2017 Rivers Woodward
2016 Milele Bynum
2015 Marshall Alexander Ahearn
2014 Mary Elizabeth Ward Lambert and Amy Nayo
2013 Dinushika Mohottige and Daniel White
2012 Cara K. Berkowitz and Amy Marietta
2011 Jonathan F. Wells
2010 Rachel Fesperman Woodruff
2009 Andrew M Courtwright
2008 Avik Chatterjee
2007 James G. Wallace, Jr.
2006 Lee McCalla Hampton
2005 Abraham Michael Nussbaum
2004 William A. Fisher II
2003 Patrick Edwin Link
2002 Manoj P. Menon
2001 Evelyn L. Falls
2000 Romulo Ernesto Colindres, Jr. & Seth Christopher Collings Hawkins
1999 Maija Holsti
1998 Farr Andrews Curlin
1997 John Kenneth Petty
1996 Scott Michael Klenzak
1995 Barbra Paula Bluestone
1994 Philip Lee Baird
1993 Rochelle Monique Brandon
1992 Grace Thompson Ayscue
1991 Robert Lewis Cook
1990 Marcus George Pleseia
1989 Laurel Kristin Leslie