National Advisory Committee

The National Advisory Committee is composed of 13 nationally recognized experts in social science and health policy. The Committee advises the National Program Office and the Foundation in the annual selection of Scholars and in monitoring the program’s ongoing progress. Vital to the success of the program, the Committee members review applications, participate in the annual meeting, visit program sites, and are available to Scholars for assistance in job placement. The Committee members are:

MARK A. PETERSON, PhD, Chair Professor of Public Policy and Political Science School of Public Affairs University of California - Los Angeles
KERWIN CHARLES, PhD Edwin and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor Harris School of Public Policy Studies University of Chicago
KAREN S. COOK, PhD Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology Stanford University
WILLIAM N. EVANS, PhD Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics University of Notre Dame
ROBERT M. HAUSER, PhD Vilas Research Professor of Sociology Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin - Madison
DAVID MECHANIC, PhD Rene Dubos University Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research Rutgers University
JAMES A. MORONE, PhD Professor of Political Science Brown University
MARK V. PAULY, PhD Bendheim Professor and Professor of Health Care Systems The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania
DIANNE PINDERHUGHES, PhD Presidential Faculty Fellow Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies University of Notre Dame
ALEJANDRO PORTES, PhD Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology Princeton University
BARBARA SINCLAIR, PhD Marvin Hoffenberg Chair of American Politics Emerita University of California - Los Angeles
BARBARA L. WOLFE, PhD Director, LaFollette School of Public Affairs Professor of Economics and Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin - Madison
RASHI FEIN, PhD, Chair Emeritus Professor of the Economics of Medicine, Emeritus Harvard Medical School

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