2013 GADE Research Award

Yolanda Anyon (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) has four first-authored peer-reviewed publications, including one in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Her current scholarship is organized around three areas of inquiry: sources of racial and ethnic disparities in youth service systems, effective youth development programs for low-income adolescents of color and contextual influences on social service delivery in urban schools. Her research documented racial and ethnic differences in the use of school-based health and social services in an urban district.

2012 GADE Student Award for Leadership and Service

The 2012 GADE Student Award for Leadership and Service honors Colleen Henry and Megan Moore from the University of California, Berkeley, for their contribution to excellence in doctoral education. Colleen and Megan transformed the doctoral student experience at Berkeley by establishing better channels of communication among students, faculty and administrators through the use of lectures, research exchanges, publishing seminars and mock qualifying examinations. Additionally, they helped build a culture of community among doctoral students by securing accessible workspace research facilities and increasing opportunities for socialization

2012 GADE Research Award

Joanna Bisgaier (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice) has four first-authored peer-reviewed publications, including one in the New England Journal of Medicine. She studies disparities in children’s access to specialty medical care. Her research documents higher rates of appointment denials and longer wait times for publicly (vs. privately) insured children.

      

2011 GADE Leadership Award

The 2011 GADE Leadership Award honors Eric Waithaka, Carrie Moylan, Kimberly Hudson, Amelia Derr, and Valerie Shapiro from the University of Washington.