2013 Graduate Research Assistant recipients announced

Each year the BCTR awards graduate research assistantships (GRAs) to up to 3 College of Human Ecology graduate students. The GRAs are intended to further the work of current BCTR projects and the BCTR as a whole.

For fall 2013, the following grad students were awarded GRAs:

Andrew Jefferson (Department of Human Development: Cognitive development) will work on evaluation with the Residential Child Care Project.

Pamela Weisberg-Shapiro (Division of Nutritional Sciences: Community nutrition) will do research with The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Adolescent Grandchildren and will be working with John Eckenrode and Charlie Izzo on proposal development related to the state's maternal and child health programs.

Sherry Zhang (Department of Policy Analysis and Management: Health economics, behaviors and disparities) will do analysis and proposal preparation with both Complementary Strengths and the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery.

More info on BCTR Graduate Research Assistant Funding.