title: Lonnie R. Snowden Jr.: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy.
abstract: The Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy is given to a psychologist who has made a distinguished empirical and/or theoretical contribution to research in public policy, either through a single extraordinary achievement or a lifetime of work. The 2014 recipient of this award is Lonnie R. Snowden Jr. "Over the past several decades, Lonnie R. Snowden Jr. has systematically built a research agenda on the financing and organization of mental health services that has driven much of our current health policy reform efforts." Snowden Jr.'s award citation, biography, and a selected bibliography are presented here.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002140:California; D006291:Health Policy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*; D012106:Research