Julius B. Richmond Fellowship 2007-08

HE JULIUS B. RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CENTER ON THE DEVELOPING CHILD supports Harvard University doctoral students in research positions. In the 2007-2008 academic year, the Center funded three Richmond Fellows: Allison Appleton, Daniel Berry and Ivelina Borisova.

Allison Appleton is a third-year student at the School of Public Health in the Department of Sociology, Human Development and Health. The Richmond Fellowship will support Appleton’s independent research on how early childhood social and emotional factors may influence later adult health.

Daniel Berry is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Human Development and Psychology at the Graduate School of Education. Berry’s independent research uses molecular genetics to assess gene-environment processes in children’s social and cognitive school-readiness.

Ivelina Borisova is in the fourth year of her doctoral study at the Graduate School of Education in the department of Human Development and Psychology. The Richmond Fellowship will fund her in-depth quantitative analyses of potential modifiable protective processes in the psycho-social adjustment of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.

The Fellowship is named for Julius B. Richmond who, until his death this past July, was the John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy Emeritus in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a pioneer in public health and development in early childhood, Dr. Richmond was the first National Director of Head Start in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson and served as Surgeon General in the Carter administration, where he was instrumental in leading the first public health campaign against the tobacco companies.

The Richmond Fellowships are made possible through the support of the Foundation for Child Development and the Office of the Provost.