The annual Beecher Teaching Awards recognize exceptional teaching of medical ethics at Harvard Medical School. One award recognizes faculty teaching medical students in the Medical Ethics and Professionalism curriculum. The second award recognizes faculty teaching in the Master of Science in Bioethics program. Both awards are given to faculty who stand out for their excellence in teaching, as measured by students’ end-of-term course evaluations. The awards were also announced in The Harvard Gazette.

2022 Beecher Teaching Award Winners

In Medical Ethics and Professionalism:

Kaarkuzhali “Babu” Krishnamurthy, MD, MBE
Students thanked Dr. Krishnamurthy for her expert facilitation of discussions, despite the difficulties of online teaching. They praised her recognition and thorough exploration of the nuances inherent to the ethical complexities of practicing medicine.

In the Master of Science in Bioethics:

Martha Montello, PhD
In a first for teaching evaluations at the Center, Dr. Montello's students asked for her course to be both extended, and made mandatory in the MBE curriculum. They thanked her for giving them a more complete, and more complex, understanding of bioethics.

Lisa Moses, VMD
Dr. Moses' students praised her teaching as compelling and masterful, particularly in fostering a safe and inclusive learning environment. They also appreciated her empathy and care for them, as both students and people.