KaiserEDU.org, the Kaiser Family Foundation's website for students and faculty interested in health policy, has announced the four winners of the second annual student essay contest. The contest asked students to position themselves as analysts on the next President-elect's health care team.

Entries were received from undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at 100 universities across the country in a wide range of disciplines including economics, public health, health administration, nursing, physical therapy, medicine and public policy. Students chose to write memos advising Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), John McCain (Ariz.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) and other former presidential candidates. The winning essays can be read online at
http://www.kaiserEDU.org/essayprizes2008.asp.

The winners from among the graduate student entries are:

1st Place: Andrew Walquist, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Doctor of Physical Therapy (expected graduation May 2009), who wrote a memo advising Sen. McCain called: "Health Promotion Initiatives--McCain Combating Obesity."

2nd Place: Adrienne Poon, Drexel University School of Public Health, Master of Public Health (expected graduation June 2008), who wrote a memo advising Sen. Clinton called: "Multilevel Approach to Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities."

The winners from among the undergraduate student entries are:

1st Place: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Northwestern University, Majors: Political Science and Global Health (expected graduation June 2008), who wrote a memo advising Sen. Clinton called: "Mobilized Medicine: A New Role for the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps."

2nd Place: Frank Chen, Harvard College, Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology (expected graduation May 2010), who wrote a memo advising Sen. Clinton called: "Initiatives Fostering Collaboration, Innovation, and Personalization in Medicine."

KaiserEDU.org (http://www.kaiserEDU.org) presents a broad array of resources, including tutorials on health policy basics, issue modules on current topics under debate and a directory of internships and fellowships. This site reaches a wide range of individuals in academia, industry and government.