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CHAS Seed-Grant Awards for 2008-2009


The Center for Health Administration Studies is proud to announce the 2008-2009 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>.

Dr. Yoonsun Choi, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Service Administration

The Korean American American Familes (KAF) Project

Dr. Malitta Engstrom, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Service Administration

Pilot-Testing an Innovative Family Intervention with Mothers who are Incarcerated and Caregiving Grandmothers

Dr. James Evans, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology and in the College

Unequal Knowledge: Disparities between Burden of Disease and Bio-Medical Understanding

Dr. Karen Goldstein, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Center

A patient-centered approach to understanding the impact of Medical Home on non-medical issues affecting child health

Dr. Dana Suskind, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Program Comer Children's Hospital

Health Disparities in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: Rates of Implantation, Age at Implantation, and Geographic Determinants

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Upcoming Events



 

Michael M. Davis Seminar Series

Our next Michael Davis Seminar Series for the 2008-2009 academic year will begin on October 2of the Fall Quarter with another excellent line up of distinguished speakers. 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.


Summer 2008

Research Seminars & Work Shops

The Center for Addiction & Behavioral
Health Research
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee

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Noteworthy Books

The Book Review Editorship of the Journal for Health Politics, Policy and Law is housed at CHAS. As a result of our special relationship, we are proud to present a few new publications as we receive them.



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



Worst-Case Scenarios

Authors: Cass Sunstein
Publisher: Harvard University Press , 2007
Cloth: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0674025103



Just Health:
Meeting Health Needs Fairly

Authors: Norman Daniels
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007
Paper: $24.99
ISBN: 0521699983



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