Berger-Sweeney honored by Johns Hopkins Alumni Association

Jay Lenrow, president of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Council, with Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney Photo: Larry Canner

Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney was recognized by Johns Hopkins University’s Alumni Association, which presented her with a Distinguished Alumna Award at its Alumni Day on September 18, 2015. According to the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association website, the award honors those “alumni who have typified the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and brought credit to the university by their personal accomplishment, professional achievement, or humanitarian service.” Berger-Sweeney earned a Ph.D. in neurotoxicology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health after earning an undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Wellesley College and an M.P.H. in environmental health sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. After her time at Johns Hopkins, she completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Health (INSERM) in Paris, France.