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November 2007 Archives

Dave Marcotte's research on antidepressants and suicide receiving wide review

Posted on November 5, 2007 9:21 AM |Permalink |Comments (0)

An article co-authored by Dave Marcotte was written up in the November edition of the NBER Digest, the monthly review from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The article, "Anti-Depressants and Suicide," published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in February 2007, was also reviewed in the June 2007 Atlantic Magazine, summarized in the Washington Post and mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. The article is available online at http://www.nber.org/papers/w12906.

Deborah Trautman wins Robert Woods Johnson Fellowship

Posted on November 6, 2007 1:00 PM |Permalink |Comments (0)

Alumna Debbie Trautman (Public Policy Ph.D., 2004) is a 2007-2008 Robert Woods Johnson Health Policy Fellow. Fellows spend a year in Washington, D.C., working in a congressional office or the executive branch. Debbie, who also has two nursing degrees, is advising Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on health policy.

UMBC Public Policy ranks 10th in faculty productivity

Posted on November 27, 2007 2:05 PM |Permalink |Comments (0)

The Department of Public Policy ranks 10th in faculty scholarly productivity for public policy programs at universities that offer the Ph.D. degree, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.