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Honors and Awards

The following awards have been established and are granted on the basis of outstanding scholastic achievement, leadership, and service:
• The Dean’s Scholastic Awards are scholastic achievement awards presented each year by the Dean.
• The Dean’s Outstanding Student Leadership Award is presented to the student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities during the academic year in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
• The Dean’s Outstanding Student Service Award is presented to the student who has shown outstanding commitment in service activities to the community and the School.
• The Tulane Medical Alumni Association Award is given annually to an outstanding Tulane student for scholastic achievement and contributions to the Tulane University Medical Center and university-wide.
• The Caesar Corzantes Award is given by the Department of Community Health Sciences to a student who has shown academic potential in maternal and child health.
• The Dorothy R. LeBlanc Scholarship is given by the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology to a student who has shown the most potential for high quality research in the field.
• The Frank W. Macdonald Environmental Health Sciences Award is given by the department to the outstanding student in a master’s degree program in environmental health sciences. The recipient is selected by the faculty of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
• Certificates of Recognition for Excellence in Environmental Health Sciences are awarded annually by the department to students who have shown exemplary performance and leadership in environmental health sciences.
• The Jeffrey H. Epstein Memorial Scholarship and the Foster G. McGaw Scholarship is given annually by the Department of Health Systems Management to outstanding students who best fulfill the criteria of academic achievement, recognized leadership and community service.
• The James Grant Child Survival Award is presented annually by the Department of International Health and Development to a student who has demonstrated academic excellence and a high degree of potential for contributions to the goals of international child survival.
• The Carroll Behrhorst Primary Health Care Award is presented annually by the Department of International Health and Development to a student who has demonstrated academic excellence and dedication to the delivery of primary health care in lesser developed countries.
• The ETA Chapter of Delta Omega Society is a national honorary society whose objective is to encourage scholarship and research in public health sciences and to recognize achievement in the field of public health. A limited number of members are elected each year from students whose scholarship places them in the upper fourth of the graduating class.
• The Charles C. Bass Award is presented annually by the Department of Tropical Medicine to a student who has shown outstanding academic excellence in the MPH&TM degree program.
• The Ernest Carroll Faust Award is presented annually by the Department of Tropical Medicine to a student who has shown outstanding academic excellence in the MSPH degree program.
• The Outstanding Executive MHA Student Award is administered by the faculty of the Health Systems Management department who teach in the Executive MHA Program. This award is presented to the student who has exhibited extraordinary leadership and scholarship ability while enrolled in the Executive Master of Health Administration Program.