The Pamela and Kenneth Fong Graduate Student Fellowship supports graduate students whose research interests focus on health care, vision care and social welfare relevant to the Greater China region. The Fellowship was established in 2009 by a generous gift from Pamela and Kenneth Fong as part of the Pamela and Kenneth Fong Chair in Optometry and Health Care in the School of Optometry. Professor of Vision Science and Optometry Xiaohua Gong was appointed to the Chair in January 2010. Proceeds of the endowment made available for graduate student support in health care, vision care and social welfare are administered by the Center for Chinese Studies. Each year, two to three fellowships of up to $11,000 are awarded.
2024-25 Fellowship Recipients
Cheng-Kai Hsu is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning.
Min Lee is a Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Ph.D. Program in Medical Anthropology. She graduated from Seoul National University with a B.A. in Anthropology, and a minor in Sociology.
2023-24 Fellowship Recipients
Cheng-Kai Hsu is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of City and Regional Planning.
Alex Chow is a Ph.D. student in Geography at UC Berkeley.
2022-23 Fellowship Recipients
Min Lee is a Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Ph.D. Program in Medical Anthropology. She graduated from Seoul National University with a B.A. in Anthropology, and a minor in Sociology.
Liubing Xie is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of City and Reginal Planning.
2021-22 Fellowship Recipients
Alex Chow is a Ph.D. student in Geography at UC Berkeley.
Tiffany Taylor is a Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Ph.D. Program in Medical Anthropology.
2020-21 Fellowship Recipients
Min Lee is a Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Ph.D. Program in Medical Anthropology. She graduated from Seoul National University with a B.A. in Anthropology, and a minor in Sociology.
Alex Chow is a Ph.D. student in Geography at UC Berkeley.
2019 -20 Fellowship Recipients
Ettore Santi is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Architecture with a focus on China’s Agrarian Change. He received his B.S. and M.A. in Architecture from Polytechnic University of Milan.
Min Lee is a Ph.D. student in the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Ph.D. Program in Medical Anthropology. She graduated from Seoul National University with a B.A. in Anthropology, and a minor in Sociology.
Jesse G. Rodenbiker is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Geography with a focus on Global and Metropolitan Studies, Environment and Infrastructure. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Philosophy, and the University of Oregon with an M.A. in Asian Studies.
Kaitlyn Mussio is a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Public Health with a focus on Global Health and Environment. She graduated from the Centenary College of Louisiana with a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.A. in French.
Yoshika Crider is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Energy & Resource Group with an area of specialization on water, sanitation and hygiene, and public health impact evaluation.
In previous years the Fong Fellowship supported:
2018-19
Min Lee,Ph.D. student in Medical Anthropology at UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Ph.D. Program
Wei Lin, Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley
Jesse G. Rodenbiker, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography at UC Berkeley
Cecilia Han Springer, Ph.D. Candidate in Energy and Resources at UC Berkeley.
Wenjing Xu, Ph.D. Candidatein Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley
Ruijie Zhong, Ph.D. student in Sociology and Demography at UC Berkeley
2017-18:
Esther Choi, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley
Chaoran Guo, Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy (Economics Track)
Ting Ni, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley
Bonnie Odelia Wong, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Anthropology, and expects to receive a joint degree from UC Berkeley and UCSF
2016-17:
Allegra Midgette is a third year doctoral student in Human Development and Education at UC Berkeley
Juliet Nadeau Lu, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
2015-16:
Hsin-Tien (Tiffany) Tsai, Ph.D candidate, Department of Economics
Juliet Nadeau Lu, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
2014-15:
Jenna Hua, Ph.D candidate, School of Public Health
Peiting C. Li, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History
2013-14:
Carol Peng, Ph.D candidate, School of Social Welfare
Alexsia T. Chan, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Political Science
2012-13:
Liang Bai, Ph.D. candidate, Economics
Anna Zimmermann, M.S. candidate, Department of Global Health and Environment
2011-12:
Lijia Xie is a M.S./M.D. candidate, UC Berkeley–UCSF Joint Medical Program
Guojun He, Ph.D. student, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics