Center for Global Health

The Center for Global Health recognizes the value of sustained, high-quality, impactful mentoring relationships. Mentors can have life-changing effects on students, particularly when they invest significant time and energy in these relationships. Mentorship is essential for professional development and career advancement in the broad field of global health.

This award recognizes current ASU faculty or staff who have built substantive, meaningful connections with ASU undergraduate students, graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows engaged in global health degrees or Center for Global Health outreach and/or research activities by offering exemplary mentorship. Students and postdoctoral researchers nominate our distinguished awardees.

Learn more about our award at the bottom of this page

Award Details

The ASU Center for Global Health recognizes the value of sustained, high-quality, impactful mentoring relationships for building a strong and dynamic field. Mentors can have life-changing effects on students, particularly when they invest significant time and energy in these relationships. Mentorship is essential for professional development and career advancement in the broad field of global health. The Outstanding Mentor award recognizes current ASU faculty or staff who have built substantive, meaningful mentoring connections with ASU undergraduate students, graduate students, and/or postdoctoral fellows engaged in global health degrees, global health research, or Center for Global Health outreach activities.  The awardee will receive $1,000 and a plaque commemorating this award.

Who can nominate?

Any current or former undergraduate student, graduate student, or postdoctoral researcher enrolled in global health degrees and/or engaged in the Center’s research programs can nominate a mentor for this award. Keep in mind mentoring takes many forms, but typically is sustained over time as the mentee’s career grows and transitions, such as training of undergraduate or graduate students, high school students transitioning to university, or helping emerging professionals as they move beyond the university.

Nomination Process

The nomination is in the form of a letter to the committee, written by the mentee, explaining how the nominee meets the criteria of the award (maximum 2 pages) along with the nominee’s current CV. Additional materials supporting the nomination are permitted, provided as supplementary materials. Effective mentee letters will give specific examples of goals attained, projects completed, promotions, grants or awards earned, obstacles overcome, lessons learned. The nominated candidates may then be contacted and asked to provide additional materials, including the general details of their student mentoring activities.  Please feel free to contact CGH Director Amber Wutich (amber.wutich@asu.edu) or CGH Founding Director Alex Brewis (Alex.Brewis@asu.edu) if you have any questions.

Criteria for Granting the Award

• A demonstrated commitment to fostering the intellectual, creative, scholarly and professional growth of mentees

• Evidence of quality outcomes from professional mentoring relationships, e.g., career growth or personal development for mentees

• Demonstrated valued behavior, attitudes and/or skills that aid the mentees in achieving competence, confidence and a clear professional identity

• Evidence of commitment to the goals of advancing a diverse global health workforce.

• Preference is given to mentorship that engages with global health issues relevant to the Center’s goals (e.g., health disparities, mental health, sustainability, environmental health/justice, water and food insecurity, structural violence, gender equity, cultural issues, methodological innovation etc.)

Nomination should be submitted no later than 11/27 each year. The award should be announced by 12/13 each year, and we plan an event honoring the awardee for the spring. “

Please send nominations to:

Miranda Bellah, CGH Program Coordinator, at mjbellah@asu.edu