News & Announcements

Renee Almeling was interviewed for the blog post Sex Cells: An RWJF Scholar Looks at the Market for Eggs and Sperm in this Country featured on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog February 14

Rene Almeling (Cohort 15 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

 was interviewed for the blog post Sex Cells: An RWJF Scholar Looks at the Market for Eggs and Sperm in this Country featured on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog February 14.

Dr. Almeling is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Yale University
February 16, 2012

Martha Bailey co-authored research cited in New York Times Article "Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say" February 10,2012.

Martha Bailey (Cohort 12 — Michigan) 

co-authored research cited in New York Times Article  "Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say" February 10,2012.

Dr. Bailey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Michigan
February 14, 2012

Jamila Michener's blog post Health Care, Inequality & Dr. King: Reflecting on our Priorities featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog January 17

Jamila Michener (Cohort 18 — Michigan) 

contributed blog post Health Care, Inequality & Dr. King: Reflecting on our Priorities to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog January 17, 2012.

Dr. Michener is Scholar in the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at University of Michigan
January 20, 2012

Rashawn Ray's blog post Physical Activity is Essential featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital portfolio’s blog January 3

Rashawn Ray (Cohort 17 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

contributed blog post Physical Activity is Essential to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog January 3, 2012.

Dr. Ray is Scholar in the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at University of California, Berkeley/UCSF
January 03, 2012

Seth Freedman's blog post Slow the Growth in U.S. Health Care Costs featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital portfolio’s blog December 29

Seth M. Freedman (Cohort 17 — Michigan) 

contributed blog post Slow the Growth in U.S. Health Care Costs to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Portfolio’s blog December 29, 2011.

Dr. Freedman is Scholar in the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at University of Michigan
January 03, 2012

Brad Herring is elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI).

Bradley J. Herring (Cohort 7 — Yale) 

is elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI).  Academy members are recognized experts in Social Security, Medicare and health coverage, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and related social assistance and private employee benefits. Individuals selected for membership have distinguished themselves by improving the quality of research, administration, or policymaking in one or more of these areas.

Dr. Herring is Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management and Director, PhD Program in Health Economics and Policy in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University
December 19, 2011

Daniel Carpenter authored a New York Times Op-Ed "Free the FDA."

Daniel P. Carpenter (Cohort 5 — Michigan) 

authored the December 13, 2011 New York Times Op-Ed "Free the FDA".

Dr. Carpenter is Allie S. Freed Professor of Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
December 14, 2011

Jacqueline Stevens is quoted in a New York Times Article "Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans"

Jacqueline A. Stevens (Cohort 4 — Yale) 

 is quoted in a December 14, 2011 New York Times article "Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans"

Dr. Stevens is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University
December 14, 2011

Mirielle Jacobson co-authored Geographic Variation in Physicians' Responses to a Reimbursement Change in the New England Journal of Medicine

Mirielle Jacobson (Cohort 11 — Michigan) 

co-authored Geographic Variation in Physicians' Responses to a Reimbursement Change with  C. Earle, M.D., and J. Newhouse, Ph.D (New England Journal of Medicine, 2011; 365:2049-2052)

Dr. Jacobson is Senior Economist in the at RAND Corporation
December 05, 2011

Daniel Carpenter has been awarded The Allan Sharlin Memorial Award of the Social Science History Association for his book Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA

Daniel P. Carpenter (Cohort 5 — Michigan) 

has been awarded The Allan Sharlin Memorial Award of the Social Science History Association for his book Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA. The Sharlin Award is presented annually for an outstanding book in social science history published in the previous year (2010).

Dr. Carpenter is Allie S. Freed Professor of Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
November 29, 2011

Seema Jayachandran has joined the faculty of Northwestern University as an Associate Professor of Economics.

Seema Jayachandran (Cohort 11 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

 has joined the faculty of Northwestern University as an Associate Professor of Economics.

Dr. Jayachandran is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University
November 15, 2011

Kurt Lavetti receives 2011 Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Public Policy and Managment from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).

Kurt Lavetti (Cohort 18 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

 received the Award for Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Public Policy and Managment from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) at the APPAM Annual Membership Meeting and Awards Breakfast on Nov. 4, 2011 in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Lavetti is Scholar in the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at University of California, Berkeley/UCSF
November 07, 2011

Quincy Stewart has co-authored Quantifying Race: On Methods for Analyzing Social Inequality in Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods

Quincy Stewart (Cohort 13 — Michigan) 

has co-authored with Abigail A. Sewell, Quantifying Race: On Methods for Analyzing Social Inequality in Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods (Left Coast Press, July 2011)

Dr. Stewart is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University
October 03, 2011

Debra Street received the 2011 State University of New York, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Debra A. Street (Cohort 3 — Michigan) 

received the 2011 State University of New York, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Street is Professor in the Department of Sociology at University at Buffalo (SUNY)
October 03, 2011

Andrea Louise Campbell has co-authored The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy

Andrea Louise Campbell (Cohort 8 — Yale) 

 has co-authored with Kimberly J. Morgan, The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy (Oxford University Press, September 2011).

Dr. Campbell is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
October 03, 2011

Marit Rehavi has been named a scholar of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Institutions, Organizations and Growth Group and an Early Career Scholar of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia.

M.Marit Rehavi (Cohort 15 — Michigan) 

has been named a scholar of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Institutions, Organizations and Growth Group
and an Early Career Scholar of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia.
 

Dr. Rehavi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at University of British Columbia
October 03, 2011

Neale Mahoney is named a first runner-up for the 2011 National Tax Association 2011 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Neale Mahoney (Cohort 18 — Harvard) 

 is named a first runner-up for the 2011 National Tax Association 2011 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Dr. Mahoney is Scholar in the RWJF Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at Harvard University
October 03, 2011

Taeku Lee co-authored Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities

Taeku Lee (Cohort 6 — Yale) 

co-authored with J. Wong, S. Karthick Ramakrishnanand J. Junn, Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities (October 2011, Russell Sage Foundation).

Dr. Lee is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at University of California, Berkeley
September 13, 2011

Mark Q. Sawyer has co-authored Just Neighbors? Research on African American and Latino Relations in the United States

Mark Q. Sawyer (Cohort 10 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

has co-authoered with E. Telles and G. Rivera-Salgado, Just Neighbors? Research on African American and Latino Relations in the United States (September 2011, Russell Sage Foundation).

Dr. Sawyer is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics in the Department of Political Science and Bunche Center for African American Studies at University of California Los Angeles
September 13, 2011

David Pellow has authored The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden

David N. Pellow (Cohort 5 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

 has authored The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden (2011 NYU Press).

Dr. Pellow is Professor and Don A. Martindale Endowed Chair of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at University of Minnesota
September 13, 2011

Robert Van Houweling was awarded the Best Paper Award by the Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association

Robert Van Houweling (Cohort 11 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

 and Michael Tomz were awarded the Best Paper Award  by the Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association for their article “Candidate Repositioning”.  The Best Paper Award is presented to authors of the best paper presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting featuring experimental analyses.

Dr. Van Houweling is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of California, Berkeley
September 08, 2011

Lauren Morris MacLean was a awarded a Trustees Teaching Award at Indiana University

Lauren M. MacLean (Cohort 9 — Michigan) 

was a awarded a College of Arts and Sciences Trustees Teaching at Indiana University.

Dr. MacLean is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of Indiana
September 08, 2011

Lauren Morris MacLean was awarded the Giovanni Sartori Book Award by the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section of the American Political Science Association

Lauren M. MacLean (Cohort 9 — Michigan) 

was awarded the  Giovanni Sartori Book Award by the Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section of the American Political Science Association for her book Informal Institutions and Citizenship in Rural Africa: Risk and Reciprocity in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire (Cambridge University Press, 2010). The Giovanni Sartori Book Award is granted to a single-authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume published in the calendar

Dr. MacLean is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of Indiana
September 08, 2011

Ann Keller received the Don K. Price Award from the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association

Ann C. Keller (Cohort 9 — Berkeley/UCSF) 

received the Don K. Price Award from the Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for her book Science in Environmental Policy (MIT Press, 2009). The Don K. Price Award is given for the best book in science and technology politics published in the past 3 years.

Dr. Keller is Associate Professor in the Health Policy and Management at University of California, Berkeley
September 08, 2011