Louise Rauh Scholarship
The Women's Faculty Association of the University of Cincinnati's Department of Pediatrics is offering the Louise Rauh Scholarship to a current fourth year student. The awards for the 2007-2008 academic year will be announced in the spring quarter. For information on application for following years, please contact Kadriye Lewis (kadriye.lewis@cchmc.org), chair of the Rauh committee.
The Louise Rauh Scholarship is awarded based on excellence in academic performance (Dean's List, third year Pediatric clerkship rotation, AOA, etc.), leadership skills, community service, resourcefulness, and financial need.
Applicants must be in the top one-third of the class at the end of the third year; may be male or female; and may be pursuing careers in medicine other than pediatrics, including academic or non-academic fields. There are no residency requirements.
Louise W. Rauh, MD, graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1928. She studied pediatrics in Vienna, Austria for two years, took a residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, practiced in Cincinnati from 1934 to 1950, and ended her career at General (now University) Hospital from 1951 to 1985. A video about her is available at the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati Pratt Library.
Applications are available from IvaDean Lair-Adolph, Dean's office, MSB E-251. For more information please contact Kadriye Lewis (kadriye.lewis@cchmc.org),the chair of the Rauh scholarship committee.
Winners of the Louise W. Rauh Graduation Award (1991 - Present)
- 2008 Robin Theresa Petroze
- 2007 Justin W. Smith and Julie Thistlethwaite
- 2006 Callisia Nathelee Clarke and Jessica Beegan
- 2005 Brian Postma and Shana Alexander
- 2004 Kara Ann Tencza
- 2003 Jennifer Ernst and Nicole Baldwin
- 2002 Deborah Bradley and Adam Mussman
- 2001 Karyn Marie Dyehouse
- 2000 Nicole Thorpe
- 1999 George Papacostas
- 1998 Malini Gillen
- 1997 Kimberly Renee Shirley
- 1996 Elissa Falzetta
- 1995 John Kunkel
- 1994 Nicole Grunenberg/Ryan
- 1993 Alberta Henderson
- 1992 Andrea DeLaat
- 1991 Joseph Bailey
