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Press & Recognition

Press

• Harvard Law Bulletin: "A Prescription for Change" (Summer 2010)
• The Elfenworks Foundation: "In Harmony with Hope Award" (May 20, 2010)
• Patient Education and Counseling: "Linking Urban Families to Community Resources in the Context of Pediatric Primary Care" (May 2010)
• Citizen You: "Rebecca Onie on Young Volunteers and Project HEALTH" (April 28, 2010)
• Harvard Law School: "HLS Launches New Public Service Venture Fund" (February 9, 2010)
• Pepsi Refresh Blog: "Look: The Doctor Has A Posse" (January 13, 2010)
• Next American City: "Health Is On the Way" (Spring 2010)
• Gulf Shore Life Magazine: "They Aim to Change the World" (February 2010)
• Boston University Sargent School: "More than Health Care" (December 17, 2009)
• Harvard Kennedy School of Government: "New Frontier Awards Honor Congressman, Health Care Entrepreneur" (November 24, 2009)
• Harvard Institute of Politics: "John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards" (November 23, 2009)
• Harvard Crimson: "Activists Honored by Caroline Kennedy" (November 24, 2009)
• Xinhua: "Patrick Murphy, Rebecca Onie Receive JFK Award" (November 24, 2009)
• NECN: "Rep. Murphy, Rebecca Onie presented with New Frontier Awards" (November 24, 2009)
• Columbia Spectator: "Health care panel takes Columbia's temperature"(November 18, 2009)
• TIME Magazine: "Power of One" (October 23, 2009)
• Columbia Spectator: "Proof in the Public" (October 12, 2009)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission's External Resource Database (October 12, 2009)
• Harvard Crimson: "Rebecca D. Onie '97-'98" (September 29, 2009)
• Harvard Crimson: "MacArthur Program Names '09 Recipients" (September 23, 2009)
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "MacArthur Foundation Announces New Fellowship Winners" (September 22, 2009)
• New York Times: "For MacArthur Grants, Another Set of 'Geniuses'" (September 22, 2009)
• USA Today: "24 Get $500,000 MacArthur Genius Grants" (September 22, 2009)
• Boston Globe: "4 Massachusetts Residents Awarded 'Genius' Grant" (September 22, 2009)
• WBUR: "Four From Mass. Win 2009 'Genius' Awards" (September 22, 2009)
• WBUR: "'Genius Grant' Recipient Rebecca Onie" (September 22, 2009)
• South Side Health blog: "Broader Focus, Community Health" (September 2, 2009)
• FastCompany blog: "Social Enterprise + Preventative Healthcare + Service = Project HEALTH" (August 21, 2009)
• University of Chicago: "Project HEALTH Chicago Volunteers Meet Practical Needs" (August 5, 2009)
• South Side Health blog: "You've Got Plea Mail" (August 4, 2009)
• Slate column by Sandy Stonesifer, Project HEALTH alumnus: "My Goodness" (July 8, 2009)
• Article by Eva Luo, Project HEALTH alumnus: "Swiffer Solutions for Health Care" (July 22, 2009)
• Boston University Sargent School of Public Health: "Rebecca Onie's Commencement Address" (May 2009)
• Robert Wood Johnson Commission features Project HEALTH as a model program for improving health outcomes: "Beyond Health Care Report" (April 2009)
• Nonprofit Times: "$50 Million Social Innovation Fund To Target Education, Health, Economy" (May 6, 2009)
• Baltimore Examiner coverage of Baltimore Health Fest 2009: "Free health screenings, resources and fun for children and their parents in Baltimore" (April 20, 2009)
• Gleitsman Lecture Series: "Project HEALTH's CEO and COO address Harvard College course on social entrepreneurship" (March 5, 2009)
• Friend Family Health Center Poster: "Clinical, Social and Support Services Presentation" (February 26, 2009)
• New Profit Inc Gathering of Leaders 2008: "CEO Rebecca Onie speaks about Project HEALTH" (MP3 file)
• The Loyola Greyhound: "Health care initiative seeks to aid low-income families" (September 23, 2008)
• The Johns Hopkins News-Letter: "Project HEALTH Volunteers Aid Citizens In Need" (September 18, 2008)
• The Harvard Gazette: "Panel assesses the 'power of unreasonable people'" (March 6, 2008)
• The Core: "Students help South Side families access services they need to stay healthy" (Spring/Summer 2008)
• The New York Times Blog: "Nonprofits and Businesses Form New Alliance" (December 11, 2007)
• ABC News: ABC2 Baltimore Profile (December 2006)

Awards & Recognition

National:

• 2010: Rebecca Onie selected as one of the Massachusetts Law Report's "Rx for Excellence" award recipients. The MLR's "Rx for Excellence" awards honor physicians, risk managers, health care attorneys, and other professionals for best practices in promoting safety, quality, and risk management in health care.
• 2010: Project HEALTH wins Massachusetts Nonprofit Network Innovation Award. The MNN hosts the annual Excellence Awards to bring attention to examples of various contributions that nonprofits make across the state of Massachusetts. The awards shine a spotlight on nonprofit organizations and individuals making a difference in their communities and to increase public awareness.
• 2010: Rebecca Onie named as Young Global Leader. Each year the World Economic Forum awards this honor to the "most distinguished young leaders nominated below the age of 40 from around the world," in recognition of their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world through inspiring leadership. The 2010 honourees will become part of the broader Forum of Young Global Leaders community, and are invited to events and opportunities around the world, including the chance to participate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
• 2009: Rebecca Onie selected as one of two recipients of the John F. Kennedy "New Frontier Award". The award was created by the Kennedy Library Foundation and Harvard's Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service. The awards are presented annually to two exceptional individuals whose contributions in elective office, community service, or advocacy demonstrate the impact of public service in the spirit of John F. Kennedy.
• 2009: Rebecca Onie named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by John D. and Catharine T. MacArthur Foundation. The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Awarded to talented individuals in a variety of fields who have shown exceptional originality in and dedication to their creative pursuits, MacArthur Fellows receive $500,000 grants with no conditions -- recipients may use the money as they see fit. Rebecca Onie was selected on the basis of the following criteria: "exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work."
• 2009: Rebecca Onie chosen as Commencement Speaker for the Boston University Sargent School of Public Health
• 2008: Rebecca Onie selected as a Fellow in Ashoka's United States program. Ashoka Fellows are leading social entrepreneurs who are recognized to have innovative solutions and the potential to change patterns across society. Ashoka Fellows must undergo a rigorous search and selection process in which they demonstrate the following attributes: a big new idea, creativity, entrepreneurial quality, social impact and ethical fiber. Ashoka Fellows, found all across the world and from a variety of backgrounds, all share a unique entrepreneurial quality: to pursue their vision relentlessly until it becomes a reality.

Baltimore:

• 2008: City of Baltimore Mayoral Certificate of Recognition
• 2008: Policy Impact Award, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Baltimore City Health Department Urban Research Day: Impact of the Project HEALTH Family Resource Desk at an Urban Medical Home for Low-Income Children
• 2008: Poster Presentation, Annual Pediatric Academic Society & Asian Society for Pediatric Research, Honolulu, HI
• 2008: University of Maryland Baltimore County Shriver Center Outstanding Service Award
• 2007: National Association of City and County Health Officials Model Practice Award
• 2007: Baltimore City Health Commissioner Commendation Award

Chicago:

• 2008: University of Chicago Community Service Center, Community Partner of the Year
• 2008: University of Chicago Community Service Center, Perry Herst Award for students who have combined study with social responsibility (Dave Whitsett)

New York:

• 2010: Columbia Community Impact Dedication to Service Award (Iman Hassan)
• 2010: Columbia Community Impact Exceptional Volunteer Award (Adam Bazari)
• 2010: Columbia Community Impact King's Crown Gold Crown Award (Lekha Menon), Silver Crown Award (Elizabeth Lamoste), and Star Volunteers (Cynthia Shi, Dan Valella, Dylan Marshall, Emma Lewis, Jenn Levya, Komal Kothari, Masha Ignatova, Mytra Haerizadeh, Salomeya Sobko, and Tanea Lunsford)
• 2009: Poster Presentation, Assuring Equity Through Health and Health Care Reform Conference
• 2009: Columbia Community Impact Programming Excellence Award for the Community Impact program that has best fulfilled Community Impact's and its own mission
• 2009: Columbia Community Impact Dedication to Service Award (Iman Hassan)
• 2009: Columbia Community Impact finalists for the Outstanding New Leader Award (Ravi Singh and Liz Lamoste), Exemplary Leadership in Service Award (David Yin), Exceptional Volunteer Award (Roland Li), the Program Award for Exemplary Teamwork and Initiative (Project HEALTH), and the Program Innovation Award (Project HEALTH)
• 2007: Columbia Community Impact Star Volunteers: Adam Bazari, Joy Achuonjei, Daly Franco, Iman Hassan, Nonye Madu, Juliana Richard, Zoe Sansted, Daniel Schwartz, Ying Wang, and Kiran Singh
• 2007: Columbia King's Crown Award for students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership to the community (Rina Mauricio)
• 2000: Columbia King's Crown Award for the student organization with greatest potential for impact

Providence:

• 2008: Rhode Island Department of Health Healthy Housing Award
• 2006: Brown University Office of Student Activities, Student Leadership Citation

Washington, DC:

• 2002: Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association Award: In recognition of collaborative strategy for strengthening the District's health care system and developing the next generation of leadership in the health care field