Ballan Honored with HERALD Excellence in Healthcare Award

Award winner Michelle Ballan (fourth from left) is joined by members of her family as well as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mónica Bugallo (second from left); Shari E. Miller, dean and professor, School of Social Welfare (third from left); Stacy Jaffee Gropack, dean and professor, School of Health Professions (fourth from right); and Vice President of Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Judith Brown Clarke (far right).

Michelle Ballan, professor and associate dean for research in the Stony Brook School of Social Welfare, received The HERALD 2024 Excellence in Healthcare Award at a ceremony on September 18. The award honors individuals whose dedication and commitment has made a difference in the health and well-being of others.

Michelle Ballan with Executive Vice President of Stony Brook Medicine William Wertheim.

Honorees for the HERALD Excellence in Healthcare Award are chosen by committee based on their strength and passion to champion and lead both their organization and their community. Ballan's research, teaching and service are dedicated to individuals with disabilities and their families.

Ballan is also a professor in the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine; in the Renaissance School of Medicine and is the director of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities (LEND) Program at Stony Brook University.

Ballan's research focuses on intimate partner violence, bioethics, medical education, and sexual health prevention and treatment interventions for adults with disabilities.

MIchelle Ballan, Stacy Jaffee Gropack and Shari E. Miller.

She is the Principal Investigator on several grants, including a 2020 grant to include disability content within medical school curriculum funded by the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry and a Pfizer Foundation grant focused on reducing health disparities for patients with IDD presenting with COVID-19 symptoms.

Ballan has been awarded the National Crime Victims' Service Award Building Knowledge through Research for her research on crime victims with disabilities and is the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards including the 2020 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2020 Switzer Distinguished Level Research fellowship from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.

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