Jeanne C. Marsh was named a 2021 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Nine University of Chicago scholars were named 2021 AAAS fellows of the American Association for the Advancment of Science for their distinguished contributions to the sciences.

Profs. Maria-Luisa Alegre, Edward Blucher, Michael Coates, Michael Franklin, Yoav Gilad, Jeanne C. Marsh, Marcelo A. Nóbrega, Phoebe A. Rice and Amanda Woodward were among the 564 fellows elected as AAAS members for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications.

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Jeanne C. Marsh

Jeanne C. Marsh is the George Herbert Jones Distinguished Service Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. She also directs the Center for Health Administration Studies.

Marsh’s research has focused on health disparities, the intersection of multiple service systems, the relation of service delivery to treatment outcome, and knowledge utilization in practice and program decision making.

She is being recognized by AAAS “for distinguished contributions to social work research in the areas of substance abuse service delivery, services for women and children and social program and policy evaluation.

A longer version of this story was originally posted to the University’s News site on January 26, 2022.