 Noel S. Weiss
Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
Department: Professor of Epidemiology;
24 years at UW.
Courses Taught: Clinical Epidemiology, Epidemiology 512 and 513
(Epidemiologic Methods I & II) with Tom Koepsell.
Achievements: As a mentor, Weiss has a worldwide reputation among
his students in the public health field. Legendary for his "open door
policy" as a teacher and for his research projects with his graduate
students, he continues to provide career advice and guidance on grant applications
for his former students worldwide.
Quote: "Noel has maintained an ongoing relationship with
many of his former students. For all of us, he remains an ongoing source
of rigorous analysis and knowledge. He continues to inspire our best thinking."--Mary
Bassett, '85, senior lecturer, Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project
Biography: A.B., Stanford, 1965; M.D., Stanford, 1967; M.P.H.,
Harvard, 1969; Ph.D., Harvard, 1971. | 