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2012 Essay Contest

Announcing the 2012 Student Essay Contest winners! 

2010 Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded prizes in the KaiserEDU.org 2010 Student Essay Contest. More than 430 students submitted essays to the contest, and after careful consideration, our panel of judges selected these students’ essays as the top graduate and undergraduate entries.

2010 Essay Contest Winners

Graduate Students

1st Place

Marilyn Michelow
Marilyn Michelow

Weill Cornell Medical College: Medical Student

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2nd Place

Sarah Katz
Sarah Katz

Georgetown University: Health Systems Administration

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Undergraduate Students

1st Place

Catherine Denver
Catherine Denver

John Hopkins University: Bachelor of Science, Nursing

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2nd Place

Danielle De Luca
Danielle De Luca

Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies: Healthcare Management and Policy

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2nd Place

Yuri Hanada
Yuri Hanada

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Bachelor of Science, Biology

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2010 Essay Contest Topic

It is January 2015. What do you see as the major health policy challenges still facing the nation? Please identify the top two priorities and discuss how they should be addressed.

Review and Evaluation:

Submissions from undergraduates and graduates will be judged separately. Finalists will be chosen by national health policy experts, Jonathan Cohn of the New Republic, Sheila Burke of Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Congressional staffer Ruth Katz, and Drew Altman and Diane Rowland of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Disclaimer

Conclusions or opinions expressed in these essays are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Kaiser Family Foundation or the final judges.