Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Student Receives National Public Health Award
Anand Singh, MS3, was awarded the 2024 Excellence in Public Health Award from the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee.
FORT WORTH — In his three years as a medical student, Anand Singh has already done so much to improve public health.
At the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, Singh, MS3, started the Street Medicine Interest Group, which led to different outreach programs for the unhoused population and changes in public policy.
For his efforts, Singh was awarded the 2024 Excellence in Public Health Award from the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. The awards program recognizes medical students who have done exceptional work in their local community promoting public health and disease prevention.
“I’m extremely honored and really humbled to be selected for this award,” Singh said. “Throughout my medical school journey, I’ve really been involved with the community.”
Dr. Ikwo Oboho, M.D., ScM, Director of Infection prevention and control program at U.S. Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, made the announcement via Zoom.
“Anand is very deserving of this award,” said Ric Bonnell, M.D., Director of Service Learning at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU. “The committee nominated Anand based on his impressive dedication to public health since entering medical school including projects for adolescent mental health, the homeless and socioeconomically disadvantaged cancer patients.”
Aside from his local community efforts, Singh is one of two medical students nationwide elected to the American Medical Association Foundation Board of Directors where he’s made it his mission to improve public health in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
He was granted an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, which led to a partnership with local schools to create a community program called Unity Healing Camps that focuses on behavioral health of middle school kids in underserved communities.
Singh also serves as the Chair of the American Medical Association-Medical Student Section that represents more than 55,000 medical students across the country.
Antonio Igbokidi, MS4, the 2023 Excellence in Public Health Award winner, presented this year’s award to Singh at TCU.
“Anand getting that award was special,” Igbokidi said. “He’s a dear friend of mine and I’m really excited for everything he has in store in his career. He’s going to make substantial change to the community and the medical field at large.”