PhD Student News

Five Students Hold CSWE Underrepresented Minority Research Fellowships

This fall Quynh-Tram Nguyen and Ebasa Sarka joined three of our other SSW PhD students who are continuing in CSWE’s NIMH-funded mental health research training program: Cecilia Ayón, Roy Old Person, and Alma Trinidad.

Last year there were only 24 clinical and 15 research fellows (3 of them UW students) nationwide, so we are especially proud that 5 of our students are participating in the research fellowship program.

In 1974, CSWE was awarded a grant by the National Institute of Mental Health to increase the number of minority doctoral students majoring in mental health research. This program now prepares doctoral students to be among the next generation of NIMH-funded mental health researchers. In 1978, CSWE was awarded a second grant for a Clinical Fellowship program, now funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This fellowship was established for doctoral students preparing for leadership roles in the mental health and substance abuse field. These two fellowship programs provide funding to social workers with master’s degrees who are interested in full-time doctoral study in a social work doctoral program. For more about the programs, see the information on the Minority Fellowships at the CSWE website: www.cswe.org.