ABOUT
Stipend recipients will receive a total of $3,000 of financial support which will be distributed in three $1,000 increments, one increment per quarter in most cases.
NOTE: CHAS Doctoral research stipends are intended to support original health policy and services research that is supervised by a CHAS Fellow, or CHAS-affiliated faculty member; stipends are not intended to support dissertation research.
ELIGIBILITY & EXPECTATIONS
- Students must be actively enrolled, and in good academic standing with University and are expected to be in residence for the entire period of their stipend support.
- Awardees must attend weekly Davis Lectures (Tuesdays, 12:00-1:30pm) and other relevant CHAS events.
GUIDELINES:
CHAS Doctoral Stipend Application Details
APPLY:
Please submit the application/proposal to: chas@crownschool.uchicago.edu
TIMELINE
Application Due
Recipients Announced
Stipend Start Date
Stipend End Date
May 26, 2023
July 2023
September 2023
June 2024
CURRENT STIPEND RECIPIENTS

Lauren Beard
PhD Student, Social Sciences Division
“From Institutional Care to Family Reunification in a Post-Soviet Country: Challenges and Opportunities in Restoring Child-Parent Relationships.”

Linyun Fu, MSW
PhD Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a School-based Mental Health Preventative Intervention for Rural Children in China”

Eunseok Jeong, MSW
Doctoral Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“How Cultural Humility Perspective Helps Understand Mental Health Service Utilization Among Asian Americans”

Caroline Kelly, AM
PhD Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“How Medicaid Reimbursement Impacts the Accessibility of Mental Health Services within Chicago-area Schools”

Ariel Maschke, AM
PhD Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“A Qualitative Study of Federal and State Agencies’ Funding Experiences for Opioid Use Disorder Services Among Justice-Involved Populations.”

Melanie Nadon, MPA
PhD Candidate, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“The Intersections of State-Level Variations in Safety Net Generosity and Child Welfare Service Utilization for Youth Aging out of Foster Care: An Equity-Framework Analysis”

Lauren Peterson, MPH, MA
Doctoral Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“Gender Differences in Health Care Use and Spending for Medicaid Patients Diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) by Principal Outpatient Care Setting”

Anne Ruelle
Doctoral Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“Gang Members and Their Families: Implications for Wellbeing in Reintegration”

Daniel Scott, LMSW
PhD Student, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“No One Likes Surprises?: Surprise Billing, Private Equity and the Embrittling of U.S. Healthcare”

Durrell Malik Washington Sr., MSW
PhD Candidate, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
“Parental Incarceration and other Influences of Legal Socialization in Urban Youth”