Children's Bureau Awards Student Research Stipends

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http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/fellowship.htm

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ACF NEWS 

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

                   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                   Friday, September 29, 2000

                   Contact: Pamela Carter, (202) 401-9215

                    

                     ACF AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH ON CHILD MALTREATMENT

                   The Administration for Children and Families today 
announced the award of almost $344,000 to five
                   universities to support research in child abuse and 
neglect. The purpose of the fellowships is to
                   encourage the growth of university-based research capacity 
for child abuse and neglect and to
                   encourage doctoral-level students and faculty to pursue 
careers in child abuse and neglect research.
                   This is the fourth time these awards have been made in the 
last eight years.

                   "In 1993, the National Academy of Sciences recommended 
that ACF should encourage young
                   researchers to work in this very important field," noted 
Olivia A. Golden, assistant secretary for
                   children and families. "With the award of these 
fellowships we are continuing to show our commitment
                   to supporting advances in knowledge that will lead to a 
decline in child maltreatment."

                   This year, one of the faculty members who will receive 
funds is Kerry Bolger, Ph.D. at the University
                   of Miami at Coral Gables. In 1994, Dr. Bolger, then a 
graduate student at the University of Virginia,
                   received an ACF-funded student stipend to apply to her 
dissertation research on peer relationships,
                   behavior and self-concept among maltreated children. In 
1997, while at Cornell, she won an ACF
                   research grant to study the consequences of childhood 
maltreatment as children grow into adulthood.
                   This year Dr. Bolger will receive funds to explore how 
maltreated individuals manifest the
                   consequences of their childhood trauma. She also will 
supervise a student, Nicole Shiloff, whose
                   dissertation research concerns neglected children.

                   "We are extremely gratified that these fellowships are 
doing what we hoped they would-developing a
                   cadre of researchers devoted to child maltreatment," said 
Pat Montoya, commissioner of the
                   Administration on Children, Youth and Families. "Dr. 
Bolger is a shining example of a scholar who is
                   dedicating her career to studying abused and neglected 
children. We're proud that our stipends have
                   enabled her to pursue a consistent line of research 
starting as a student and continuing as a faculty
                   member."

                   The list of successful applicants follows:

                   The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The 
Jane Adams School of Social Work,
                   Champaign, Illinois $100,000

                   James Gleason, Ph.D., Faculty

                   Christina Bruhn, Student

                   Leslie Ford, Student

                   Reginald Richardson, Student

                   Maristela Zell, Student

                   The Regents of the University of California, Davis, 
California $65,008

                   Gail Goodman, Ph.D., Faculty 

                   Ingrid Cordon, Student

                   Robin Edelstein, Student

                   University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $81,243

                   John R. Schuerman, Ph.D., Faculty

                   Sandra Lyons, Student

                   Joseph Ryan, Student

                   Cheryl Smithgall, Student 

                   University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida $43,750

                   Kerry Bolger, Ph.D., Faculty

                   Nicole Shiloff, Student

                   University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma $81,925

                   Jane Silovsky, Ph.D., Faculty

                   Shelli Shultz, Student

                   Misty Boyd, Student

                   Melissa Blundell, Student

                   Tatiana Balachova, Student