Jennifer Greenfield Receives Jane B. Aron Doctoral Fellowship

NASW Foundation Awards Fellowship to Washington University Student

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASWF) has announced that Jennifer Greenfield has received the 2012 Jane Baerwald Aron Doctoral Fellowship. The Aron Fellowship provides partial support for doctoral students who are engaged in dissertation research in health care policy and practice. The fellowship program was established in 1987 as a tribute to Aron, who was a leader in health care policy and education.

Jennifer Greenfield is a doctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work. She is pursuing studies in the financial burdens of informal caregivers providing long-term care for such persons as elderly relatives. She plans to carry out studies designed to determine how costs of long-term care affect the income and savings of caregivers.

Jane B. Aron, who died in 1983, devoted her career to creating social policy that was responsive to people's needs. She was best known through her longtime association with New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center and Mills College in California.

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The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), in Washington, DC, is the largest membership organization of professional social workers with nearly 145,000 members. It promotes, develops, and protects the practice of social work and social workers. NASW also seeks to enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and communities through its advocacy. 

The National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASWF) is a charitable organization created to enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and communities through the advancement of social work practice.