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Community Health Sciences (Public Health)

  • Malia Jones, 2012, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
  • Bethany Wexler-Rainisch, 2012, Health Sciences Department, California State University-Northridge
  • Camillia Lui, 2012, School of Public Health, University of California-Berkeley
  • Eliva A. Clinton, 2012, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
  • Angie D. Otiniano Verissimo, 2011, Postdoc, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

  • Kunchok Gyaltsen, 2010, Tso-Ngon University Tibetan Medical College, Qinghai University, PR China

  • Eunice Muthengi Karei, 2010, The Population Council, Kenya

  • Shonali Choudhury, 2009, School of Nursing & Health Studies, University of Miami
  • Pamela Stoddard, 2009, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California-San Francisco
  • Amy Carroll-Scott, 2008, School of Public Health, Yale University
  • Laura Chyu, 2008, Public Health Services, Santa Clara University
  • Jennifer Lee, 2008, Dept of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, World Health Organization
  • Jennifer Simmons, 2008, SRA International
  • Jennifer Toller Erausquin, 2008, Dept of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
  • Alison Buttenheim, 2007, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
  • Astou Coly, 2007, Futures Institute
  • Dana Miller-Martinez, 2007
  • Yasamin Kusunoki, 2007, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Chi Chiao, 2005, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan 
  • Jinsook Kim, 2005, College of Health and Human Sciences, Northern Illinois University
  • Julia Prentice, 2004, Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, Boston University

Economics (Letters and Sciences)

  • Katherine Eriksson, 2013, Assistant Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  • Matthew Baird, 2013, Associate Economist, RAND
  • Seth Kerstein, 2013, Economist, California Legislative Analyst's Office
  • Carolina Mejia, 2013, Researcher, World Bank
  • Peter Bergman, 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, RAND
  • Matthew Hill, 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, RAND; University of Pompeu Fabra
  • J. Andres Zambrano, 2012, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
  • Anthony Keats, 2012, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University
  • Allison Shertzer, 2011, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
  • Claudia Ruiz Ortega, 2011, Young Professional, World Bank, Young Professionals Program  
  • Javier Perez Estrada, 2011, Research Economist, Bank of Mexico
  • Alvaro Mezza, 2011, Federal Reserve Board, Department of Research and Statistics, Household and Real Estate Finance Section
  • Hernan Winkler, 2011,The World Bank
  • Gissele Gajate Garrido, 2010, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
  • Emily Wiemers, 2010, Department of Economics, Univ. of Massachusetts-Boston
  • Anna D'Souza, 2009, Economic Research Services, US Department of Agriculture
  • Hector Valdes Conroy, 2009, The World Bank
  • Rodolfo Campos, 2008, Dept of Economics, University of Navarra, Spain
  • Iliana Reggio, 2008, Dept of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  • Judith A. Frias, 2008, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico
  • Juan Pantano, 2008, Dept of Economcis, Washington University, St. Louis
  • Yan Se, 2008, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, China
  • Amar Hamoudi, 2007, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Bing Ma, 2007, Dept of Economics, Univ. of Maryland
  • Eduardo Maruyama, 2007, International Food Policy Research Institute, Peru
  • Wanchuan Lin, 2007, Dept of Applied Economics, Peking University, China
  • Xiaoyan Lei, 2007, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, China
  • Douglas McKee, 2006, Economic Growth Center, Yale University
  • Latika Chaudhary, 2006, Dept of Economics, Stanford Univesity
  • Stephanie (Riegg) Cellini, 2006, Dept. of Public Policy & Economics, George Washington University
  • Benjamin Bolitzer , 2005, Center for Economics, US Government Accounting Office, Washington, DC
  • Chikako Yamauchi, 2005, Department of Economics, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
  • Christopher McKelvey, 2005, Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Maryland
  • Leah Brooks, 2005, Dept of Economics, McGill University
  • Matthew Wiswall, 2005, Dept of Economics, New York University
  • Enrica Croda, 2004, Dept. of Science Economics, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy
  • Graciana Rucci, 2004, The World Bank, Washington, DC
  • Marcos Rangel, 2004, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
  • Marina Bassi, 2004, Education Div., Office of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Chile
  • Oscar Mitnik, 2004, Dept of Economics, University of Miami
  • Rebecca Acosta, 2004, California Census Research Data Center, Univ. of California- Los Angeles
  • Eduardo Fajnzylbar, 2003, Institute of Applied Economics, University of Montreal, Canada
  • Anna Aizer, 2002, Dept of Economics, Brown University
  • Marigee Bacolod, 2002, Dept of Economics, Univ. of California-Irvine
  • Bernardo Blum, 2002, Dept of Economics, Univ. of Toronto
  • Matthew Neidell, 2002, Dept of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
  • Jed Friedman, 2001, The World Bank, Washington, DC
  • Julie Holland Mortimer, 2001, Dept of Economics, Harvard University
  • W. Bowman Cutter, 2001, Dept of Economics, Pomona College
  • Julie Zissimopoulos, 2000, Labor and Population, RAND Institute, Santa Monica, CA
  • Luis Rubalcava, 1998, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico
  • Graciel Teruel, 1998, Dept of Economics, Univ. Iberoamericana, Mexico

Geography (Letters and Sciences)

  • Valerie Ledwith, 2006, Dept of Geography, National University of Ireland-Galway
  • Wenfei "Winnie" Wang, 2005, Dept of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles
  • Sarah Blue, 2004, Dept of Geograhy, Univ. of Northern Illinois

Political Science (Letters and Sciences)

  • Kim Yi Dionne, 2010, Dept of Political Science, Texas A&M University

Sociology (Letters and Sciences)

  • Tara McKay, 2013, Postdoc, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco
  • Erika Arenas, 2013
  • Yana Kucheva, 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
  • Jenjira Yahirun, 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Research Center, University of Texas-Austin
  • Amanda Armenta, 2011, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
  • Kathryn Coursolle, 2011, Minnesota Population Center (MPC), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
  • Esther Friedman, 2011, Associate Social Scientist at RAND
  • Chinyere Osuji, 2011, Center for African Studies, University of Pennsylvania 
  • Anita Yuan, 2011, Veterans Affairs Administration, Northridge, CA
  • Kate Choi, 2010, Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario
  • Bongoh Kye, 2010, Department of Sociology, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
  • Renee Reichl Luthra, 2010, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Univeristy of Essex, UK
  • Claudia Solari, 2010, Abt Associates, Washington, DC
  • Charles Strohm, 2010, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International
  • Iddo Tavory, 2010, Dept of Sociology, New School for Social Research, New York
  • Jennifer Flashman, 2009, Dept of Sociology, University of Oxford
  • Veronica Terriquez, 2009, Dept of Sociology, University of Southern California
  • Amy Hsin, 2008, Dept of Sociology, City University of New York-Queens
  • Yao Lu, 2008, Dept of Sociology, Columbia University
  • Yaqiang Qi, 2008, Dept of Sociology, People's University, China (Renmin University)
  • David Cort, 2007, Dept of Sociology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  • Jenna Nobles, 2007, Dept of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Kanako Ishida, 2007, Reproductive Health Division, Centers for Disease Control
  • Margot Jackson, 2007, Dept of Sociology, Brown University
  • Vanesa Estrada, 2007, Dept of Sociology, University of California-Riverside
  • Christine Schwartz, 2006, Dept of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Elizabeth Bruch, 2006, Dept of Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Hongbo Wang, 2006, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Univ. of Chicago
  • Martin Kriedl, 2006, Dept of Sociology, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
  • Vida Maralani, 2006, Dept of Sociology, Yale University
  • Melissa Chiu, 2005, Population Div., US Census Bureau, Washington, DC
  • Shige Song, 2004, Dept of Sociology, City University of New York, Queens College
  • Sarah Burgard, 2003, Dept of Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Vincent Fu, 2003, Dept of Sociolgoy, University of Utah
  • Nathan Jones, 2002, University of Wisconsin Survey Center
  • Zulema Valdez, 2002, Dept of Sociology, Texas A&M University
  • Xiaogang Wu, 2001, Div. of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology
  • Nelson Lim, 2000, Labor and Population, RAND Institute, Santa Monica, CA
  • Nicholas Wolfinger, 1998, Dept of Family and Consumer Studies, Univ. of Utah