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CHAS Seed-Grant Awards for 2009-2010


The Center for Health Administration Studies is proud to announce the 2009-2010 Seed-Grant Awards. CHAS annually sponsors promising projects at the University of Chicago that address the core mission of health and health policy research for disadvantaged populations. The following individuals are this year's recipients. following the links on the investigator's name or the project title you can learn more about the investigators and their research. To learn more about the CHAS Seed-Grant program, press <<HERE>.

E. Sumerson Carr , PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Service Administration

Teaching, Translating, and Enacting Clinical Expertise: A Pilot Study of Motivational Interviewing

Jens Ludwig , PhD
McCormick Foundation Professor of Social service, Law, and Public Policy
School of Social Service Administration and the Harris School

Measuring Neighborhood Effects on Long-term Health Outcomes

Jennifer Mosley , PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology and in the College

Improving Health Outcomes and Community Representation through Understanding Organizational Infrastructure in Neighborhoods

Tomas Philipson, Ph.D.
Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy Studies
Irving B Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
Associate Faculty member in the Department of Economics

Economic efficiency and disparities in global health

 

 

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Upcoming Events



 

Michael M. Davis Seminar Series

Our Michael Davis Seminar Series for the 2009-2010 academic year is in the planning stage. Please visit the CHAS Event Page for the complete list as it is made available.

We present this series for the benefit of those interested in health care policies and issues, especially those aspects involving the lives of vulnerable populations. As ever, we welcome your feedback and suggestions.




 

Noteworthy Books

A selection of recent, noteworthy health related books and other media



Making Americans Healthier:
Social and Economic Policy as Health Policy

Editors: Robert F. Schoeni, James S. House, George A. Kaplan, and Harold Pollack
Publisher: Russell Sage Publications, 2008
Cloth: $49.95
ISBN: 978-0871547477



The Samaritan's Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor?

Authors: Deborah Stone
Publisher: Nation Books, 2008
Cloth: $25.95
ISBN: 1568583540



The Private Abuse of the Public Interest:
Market Myths and Policy Muddles

Authors: Lawrence D. Brown and Lawrence R. Jacobs
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2008
Paper: $24.99
ISBN: 9780226076-423 9780226076-430



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