JED’s Student Voice of Mental Health Award is an annual award honoring an undergraduate college student who is doing outstanding work to raise awareness for mental health issues, reduce prejudice around mental illness, and encourage help-seeking among their peers.
Past winners:
2022
Crystal Widado, Glendora High School
Read her story here.
Joseph Sexton, Vanderbilt University
Read his full story here.
2021
Georgia Messinger, Harvard University
Read her story here.
2020
Collin Spencer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Read his story here.
2019
Enna Selmanovic, University of Cincinnati
Read her story here.
2018
Samuel Orley and Max Rothman, University of Michigan
Read their story here.
2017
Matthew Argame, California State University, Long Beach
Read his story here.
2016
Maggie Skoch Musso, University of Notre Dame
Read her story here.
2015
Sonia Doshi, University of Michigan
2014
Margaret Kramer, University of South Carolina
2013
Michael Kessler, The George Washington University
2012
Lauren Ashley Tipton, Washington and Lee University
2011
Kristen Stefureac, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2010
Jenny Liu, University of California Los Angeles
2009
Adam Taylor, Western Michigan University
2008
The Alive Campaign, Five students from Baylor University bicycle across the country for suicide prevention
This award was initially established in 2008 by Carol Ullman in honor of her son, Jerry Greenspan.