FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2018 David A. Winston Policy Scholars Announced
WASHINGTON, DC – The David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship is proud to announce the 2018 David A. Winston Policy Scholars.The objective of the Scholarship Program is to increase the number and quality of individuals trained in healthcare policy at the state and federal level by awarding deserving health policy students financial support to further their education. The Fellowship commemorates the contributions and personal qualities of David A. Winston who, for 20 years, played a significant role in shaping the role of health policy in America. The program recognizes student excellence and achievement based upon the student’s record and recommendations from faculty and colleagues and evidence of their interest in and commitment to health policy. Seventeen $10,000 scholarships were awarded to students who have demonstrated their potential to succeed in health policy at the state or federal level upon graduation from their master’s degree program in health policy or management. The 2-day health policy symposium, held each fall, is one feature of the Scholars’ year.
Recipients of the 2018 Scholarship are:
Micaela Acomb, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alexander Adia, Brown University
Cindy Alvarez, Yale University
Victoria Aysola, George Washington University
Sarah Bourland, Harvard University
Deanna Burch, Drexel University
Alexandra Dulin, University of Michigan
Sienne Hayes, University of California, Berkeley
Ben Lauing, University of California, Berkeley
Gwen Ledford, Rush University
Anna Leonard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Shannon Macika, George Washington University
Audrey McIntosh, George Washington University
Hannah Silverman, George Washington University
Alexander Urry, Yale University
Nisha Vashist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Juliana Vigorito, Johns Hopkins University
“We are very excited to introduce another group of outstanding health policy Scholars to the national health policy discussion. We are confident that each of these individuals from excellent graduate health policy programs will soon take their place as important contributors to the national health policy debate. We look forward to working with them now and in the future.” – David S. Abernethy, Managing Director, David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship
For more information on the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship, its history and application process, please visit www.winstonfellowship.org
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Contact: Kerry McAteer, Operations Manager | Phone: 202-585-0288 | Email: kmcateer@winstonfellowship.org