 About the DeanSusan L. Marquis Selected as Fourth Dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolPolicy InsightPolicy Insight, Volume 3, Issue 2 is now available, "Improving Patient Safety: Addressing Patient Harm Arising from Medical Errors"Findings - The PRGS Alum NewsletterPublished periodically, each issue of Findings provides news and information about PRGS, its current students, and alumni.
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PRGS News & Featured DissertationsAssociate Policy Analyst Meena Fernandes Published in "Education for All" (EFA) Report — Feb. 2010Meena Fernandes' article, "Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases," is included in a report prepared by the World Bank for the Ninth High-Level Group Meeting on EFA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 23-24. This year's meeting is jointly hosted by UNESCO, the Government of Ethiopia, and the African Union, and will focus on school health programs.Read more about the meeting at PRGS Student Myong-Hyun Go Wins APPAM Poster Session Award — Jan. 26, 2010The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) seeks to reward and encourage excellence in research by new and emerging scholars as represented among the poster sessions delivered at the Annual Fall Research Conference. Go was recognized for his poster, "Effective Smoking Cessation Programs for Adolescent Smokers in School."Read more at PRGS Student Kenneth Grosselin Receives USAFA Research Award — Jan. 19, 2010Second Lieutenant Kenneth Grosselin, a PRGS student, received one of the U.S. Air Force Academy Research Awards on Friday, January 15, 2010. Located at the Air Force Academy, the Institute for National Security Studies presents the Major General Robert E. Linhard Outstanding INSS Researcher Award each year to one of today's rising strategic thinkers whose work best represents General Linhard's legacy of strategic vision and active mentorship in building strategic leaders. The award consists of a plaque and a $2,000 INSS research grant.PRGS Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary — Jan. 18, 2010This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Since 1970, PRGS has encouraged great minds to think outside the box, using policy analysis to not only identify problems but to work on fixing the world's most vexing challenges. Our intent has always been to enable fellows to apply what they've learned at PRGS—to become leaders, to pursue careers that position them to make a difference and to be the answer.PRGS Alum Jack Riley Becomes RAND VP and Director of NSRD — Jan. 11, 2010PRGS alum and national security researcher Jack Riley has been appointed vice president and director of the RAND National Security Research Division, RAND Corporation President and CEO James A. Thomson announced today. The division conducts research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, defense and intelligence agencies, allied foreign governments and foundations. "National security is one of the fields for which RAND is best known for providing nonpartisan, evidence-based public policy analysis," Thomson said. "Jack Riley's deep experience in research leadership across a broad range of policy issues will be especially valuable as he takes on this new assignment."PRGS Fellow Teams with RAND Researcher on Dietary Salt Study — Sep. 11, 2009PRGS doctoral fellow, Kartika Palar, along with Roland Sturm, co-authored an important study, "Potential Societal Savings From Reduced Sodium Consumption in the U.S. Adult Population". The article, which appeared in American Journal of Health Promotion provided an estimate of the effect on hypertension prevalence, direct medical costs, and quality of life years (QALYs) saved by reductions in sodium consumption.Read the Member of the PRGS Board of Governors, Robert Spinrad, dies at 77 — Sep. 9, 2009Robert Spinrad, member of the PRGS Board of Governors and retired Vice President of Technology Strategy for the Xerox Corporation, died in Palo Alto, California, at the age of 77. He was a computer designer who did innovative work in automation of scientific research at Brookhaven National Laboratory. While at Brookhaven, he wrote a cover article on laboratory automation that appeared in the October 6, 1967, issue of Science magazine.Read more at |
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