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Home About Us Press Room Archived Press Releases 2008 Press Releases The Gerontological Society of America Announces 2008 Hartford Pre-Dissertation Award Winners
 

For Immediate Release
June 10, 2008

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The Gerontological Society of America Announces 2008 Hartford Pre-Dissertation Award Winners

The Gerontological Society of America is pleased to introduce the twenty recipients of the 2008 Hartford Doctoral Fellows Pre-Dissertation Award. With funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the program provides this cohort with the opportunities for successful careers in gerontological social work.

The awards are administered by The Gerontological Society of America and co-sponsored by the Association for Gerontological Education and Social Work (AGE-SW). The program is overseen by National Hartford Doctoral Fellows Director James Lubben, DSW, MPH, of Boston College and Carmen Morano, PhD, MSW, of Hunter College.

Each awardee will be given a stipend to attend GSA's Annual Scientific Meeting, held every November, in both 2008 and 2009. At these conferences, awardees will attend workshops designed to develop their research skills.

The recipients are listed below:

Troy Christian Andersen
University of Utah
College of Social Work

Louanne Bakk
Michigan State University
School of Social Work

Jean Emily Balestrery
University of Michigan
School of Social Work

Tamara Cadet
Simmons College
School of Social Work

Dahlia Fuentes
University of Southern California
School of Social Work

Arminda Gomes
Columbia University
School of Social Work

Ernest Gonzales
Washington University in St. Louis
School of Social Work

Christine Greer
New York University
School of Social Work

Kimberley Ann Gryglewicz
University of South Florida
School of Social Work

Daniel Kaplan
Columbia University
School of Social Work
Skye Nichole Leedahl
University of Kansas
School of Social Welfare

Brian Maloney
The University of Alabama
School of Social Work

Gina McCaskill
The University of Alabama
School of Social Work

Dorothy Jody Miesel
University of Washington, Seattle
School of Social Work

Adria Emberson Navarro
University of Southern California
School of Gerontology

Julie Anette Norstrand
Boston College
School of Social Work

Lydia Ogden
Columbia College
School of Social Work

Alicia Margaret Stinson
University of South Florida
School of Social Work

Tiffany Renee Washington
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Social Work

Patricia Yu
Boston College
School of Social Work

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The Gerontological Society of America is the nation's oldest and largest multidisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. The principal mission of the Society — and its 5,000+ members — is to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision makers, and the general public.

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