Professor and GTI Founding Director Katharine Burnett has just been awarded the O-CHA Pioneer Award from the World Green Tea Association, Shizuoka Prefectural Government. This award recognizes Dr. Burnett’s efforts to further the understanding of tea through the excellence of her academic research, her leadership of the Global Tea Initiative, and GTI’s ongoing collaboration with the University of Shizuoka to further develop the understanding of tea from Shizuoka in the United States.