The Nora Kahn Piore Award was established in recognition of the lifetime work of health policy expert, Nora Kahn Piore through the generosity of Margot Piore Onek, MD ’64, P’91 and Joseph N. Onek. These awards are made annually to support undergraduate, graduate, and medical students undertaking research in health services, with a focus on health status and access to health care by poor and underserved populations. The award provides funding of up to $3,000 for research, travel, and related costs.
Congratulations to this year's awardees:
- Rachel Gunderson, undergraduate:
State-level Description of Medicaid Financed Assisted Living by License Type - Julia Teck, MPH candidate:
Lessons in Advanced Virtual Facilitation to Improve Efficacy of ECHO Programs Operating in Western Kenya - Alison Kim, undergraduate/MPH candidate:
Expanding Critically Needed Support for Successful Navigation of the Healthcare System After Release from Prison or Jail in Rhode Island - Stella Ng, undergraduate/MPH candidate:
Designing and Implementing a Social Prescribing Framework to Improve Healthcare Outcomes among Low-Income Households in Hong Kong: A Public Policy Approach - Siena Napoleon, Ph.D. candidate in Behavioral & Social Health Sciences:
Development of Normative Data Feedback Concepts for Substance Use Prevention in Adolescents and Young Adults Within a Primary Care Setting - Joyce Sunday, MPH candidate:
Regional Variations in Nigeria's Healthcare Workforce Availability and its Effects on Maternal Mortality - Yulia Yun, Ph.D. candidate in Health Services Research:
Association Between Discontinuity of Care from Clinicians and Outcomes of Nursing Home Residents - John Guigayoma, Ph.D. candidate in Behavioral & Social Health Sciences:
HIV Self-Test Program Preferences and Willingness to Pay Among Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States - Courtney Johnson, Ph.D. candidate in Health Services Research:
Impact of Acute Myocardial Infarction on Statin Adherence among Medicaid Beneficiaries in 14 States from 2001 to 2015