Welcome, New Scholars!

• Shana Gadarian Political Science
• Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Economics
• Colin Moore Political Science
• Maria Rendon Sociology

News

Eric McDaniel (Cohort 15) is the co-recipient of an Honorable Mention for the 2009 Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award (with co-author Christopher Ellison) from the Western Political Science Association for their June 2008 Political Research Quarterly Article: "God’s Party? Race, Religion, and Partisanship over Time".

Rene Almeling (Cohort 15) has received an Honorable Mention for the 2009 Viviana Zelizer Award from the American Sociology Association's Section on Economic Sociology for her article "Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Egg Donation, Sperm Donation, and the Medical Market in Genetic Material".

Helen Marrow (Cohort 15) has received the 2008 American Sociological Association Dissertation Award for the best PhD dissertation for the calendar year for, "Southern Becoming: Immigrant Incorporation and Race Relations in the Rural U.S. South."

Tim Büthe (Cohort 14) has published, "The Globalization of Health and Safety Standards: Delegation of Regulatory Authority in the SPS Agreement of the 1994 Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization" in Law and Contemporary Problems.

Robert Mickey (Cohort 13) has received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.

Tony Chen (Cohort 12) has received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan.

Eligibility Criteria

Field of Study

Program applicants must have received a doctoral degree in Economics, Political Science, or Sociology during the time period noted below. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously worked extensively in the areas of health or health policy research.

Receipt of Degree

Applicants must have received a doctoral degree, as noted above, after January 1, 2004 but no later than July 15, 2009. For those expecting to receive degrees in 2009, all degree requirements must be completed by July 15, 2009.

Citizenship

All applicants must be citizens of the United States or its terrirories or have permanent residency status at the time of application to the program.