Inst. Criselle Angeline C. Pe帽amante, MD, MA, an academic staff of the UST College of Science 鈥� Department of Psychology was chosen by the Boston Congress of Public Health as one of the recipients of the 2024 40 under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards. According to the award website, the award 鈥渞ecognizes the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, activists, intellectual provocateurs, authors and directors who inspire and catalyze us all to a more just and equitable world.鈥�
Pe帽amante, who is currently at the final stages of her Master of Science in Global Health Delivery at the Harvard Medical School, teaches psychology and clinical epidemiology courses in the College of Science and Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. For her second masteral degree, she is a Global Health Research Scholar at Harvard Medical School鈥檚 Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change and a Graduate Student Researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital鈥檚 Department of Psychiatry. Her research, according to the BCPH website, 鈥渟pans mental health, climate change, and healthcare workforce development.鈥� Among her advocacies are reducing stigma and ultimately saving lives through mental health interventions. Pe帽amante previously earned her B.Sc. Psychology, M.A. Clinical Psychology and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the University of Santo Tomas.
The Boston Congress of Public Health Inc., which bestows the award, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to democratize public health through the lens of social justice and envisions itself to transcending the traditional boundaries of academia and medicine by supporting emerging and established thought leaders, researchers and advocates committed to social justice and health equity and democratizes access to evidence-based public health thought. It was established in August 2021 by Drs. Candice Carpenter and Circe Gray Le Compte and conducts educational and policy trainings, television series and a Fellowship program. It also publishes the HPHR Journal, which promotes evidence-based discourse on health equity ().
