Mark J. Young Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Public Health Sciences Graduate Program
The Master of Science in Public Health Sciences (MSÂ PHS) Program was conceived and largely designed by Mark J. Young, M.D., who became the founding chair of the Department of Health Evaluation Sciences on July 1, 1997. The program was officially launched July 1, 1999, with the enrollment of seven physician students. Under Dr. Young’s leadership, the program graduated twenty physician investigators during the years 2001 through 2004. Dr. Young remained very active in the program as a teacher, advisor, and mentor until his unexpected death in April 2004.
Each year PHS honors a graduating student with the Mark J. Young Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Public Health Sciences Graduate Program.
Award Recipients Include:
| Matthew Wilson, M.D. | Class of 2013 |
| Benjamin W. Novinger, B.A., M.S. | Class of 2012 |
| Faizah N. Bhatti, M.D., M.S. | Class of 2011 |
| Fan He, B.Eng., M.S. | Class of 2010 |
| Michael A. Horst, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., M.S. | Class of 2009 |
| Sol Rodriguez-Colon, B.S., M.S. | Class of 2008 |
| Nazia Raja-Khan, M.D., M.S. | Class of 2007 |
| Nasrollah Ghahramani, M.D., M.S. | Class of 2006 |
| William J. Curry, M.D., M.S. | Class of 2005 |
| Neal J. Thomas, M.D., M.S. | Class of 2004 |