The winning essays in the 2008 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest for Medical Students are:

First Prize - $5,000

First Do Not Punish: Individual Inentives in Health Policy, by Benjamin M. Howard, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Class of 2010

Honorable Mention - $1,000 each

(in alphabetical order by author)

Looking after Our Own: The Ethical Implications of Financial Penalties for Patients, Physicians, and Health, by Anna Altshuler, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Class of 2009

Billing the Victim: the Retooling of Endemic Poverty as “Lifestyle Choice", by Margaret Wardlaw, University of Texas Medical Branch, Class of 2011

To Praise or to Punish?; Promoting Healthy Behavior the Right Way, by Julie Sara Wecsler, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Class of 2010

Past winning essays and honorable mentions