Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) Award
Every year, CARE takes immense pride in recognizing the notable achievements individuals have made to improve Asian and Asian American health care, research, and education. We celebrate these efforts by presenting the esteemed CARE Award to deserving faculty members, community leaders and philanthropists, educators, and advocates.
2025 CARE Award Recipients:
Kevin Kai Chih Chang
Scarlett Lin Gomez
Besides the CARE Award, we also present specialized awards to honor exceptional contributions:
The Stanford CARE Executive Leadership Award recognizes an exceptional executive leader whose foundational contributions have significantly advanced the mission of Stanford CARE to elevate Precision Asian Health. The award honors an executive who embodies an exceptional constellation of leadership values—bold vision, strategic precision, fundraising prowess, and operational excellence—that have been critical to building, scaling, and sustaining CARE as a center of excellence with long-term impact.
2025 CARE Specialized Award Recipient:
- Sally Shan Li - CARE Executive Leadership Award
2024 CARE Award Recipients:
Besides the CARE Award, we also present specialized awards to honor exceptional contributions:
- Impact Award: The inaugural Impact Award honors an exceptional philanthropic and community leader whose strong financial commitment and advisory service have had a transformational impact on CARE’s mission.
- Endowment Award: The CARE Endowment Award recognizes a philanthropist whose transformative funding support enables CARE’s mission to thrive with sustainable, long-term impact.
2024 CARE Specialized Award Recipients:
- Karen Kun Li - CARE Endowment Award
- Danke Wu - CARE Impact Award
2023 CARE Award Recipients:
Besides the CARE Award, we also present specialized awards to honor exceptional contributions:
- Endowment Award: The CARE Endowment Award recognizes a philanthropist whose transformative funding support enables CARE’s mission to thrive with sustainable, long-term impact.
2023 CARE Specialized Award Recipient:
- Alice Woo - CARE Endowment Award
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