Rajiv Kumar, the Brown University medical student who co-founded the team-based wellness program Shape Up Rhode Island, has been named one of 10 recipients of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Community Health Leaders Award for 2009, the organization announced Thursday.

The annual award, now in its 16th year, honors “individuals who have overcome daunting odds to improve the health and quality of life for disadvantaged or underserved men, women and children across the United States,” the foundation said.