Established in 1997, the highly competitive
John E. Larsh, Jr. Award for Mentorship is in honor of Dr. Larsh, a faculty member in the School's Department of Health Behavior from 1942 to 1981. The Larsh Award recognizes an established, long-standing faculty member who has spent numerous years of their career mentoring students, which Dr. Larsh embodied and for which he was well known and valued highly. Gerardo Heiss received the award in 2011.