National Advisory Committee, HPRS;
Executive Director, Jomoworks
Brian Carey Sims has over 15 years of faculty and administrative experience in university teaching and learning, faculty governance, and social and instructional media. He is founder and Executive Director at Jomoworks, an education management consulting firm specializing in University / K-12 partnership development with a portfolio that includes evidence-based programs, funded research and evaluation projects, strategic partnerships in community violence prevention and engagement and research dissemination science. His research focuses on school mental health, agricultural life & sustainability, and human justice & healing, with a particular emphasis on the implications of media for individuals, families, and communities of African descent. Sims is a strong advocate for international education and has led study abroad programs for undergraduates to Senegal, Malawi, Ghana and Haiti. He holds a PhD in Education and Psychology from the University of Michigan and is a proud alum of the Interdisciplinary Research Leaders’ Cohort 2, where he currently serves as Senior Advisor for Alumni Affairs. Sims has recently written for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and his forthcoming book, College Thug Syndrome offers an explosive Afrikan-Centered analysis of higher education.
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The Program at a Glance
Who is Health Policy Research Scholars for?
Doctoral students from a variety of disciplines—such as urban planning, political science, economics, anthropology, education, social work, geography, and sociology—who are committed to using policy change to advance population health and health equity.
Applicants must be:
Full-time doctoral students who are starting the second year of their programs in fall 2023 and do not expect to graduate before spring/summer 2026.
From historically marginalized backgrounds and/or populations underrepresented in specific doctoral disciplines.
Pursuing a research-focused discipline that can advance a Culture of Health.
Interested in health policy and interdisciplinary approaches.
What do scholars receive?
Annual award funding of up to $30,000 for up to four years or until they complete their doctoral program (whichever is sooner).
Mentoring and training in health policy and leadership.
Professional ties to public health and policy leaders and innovators from diverse fields.
Opportunity to compete for an additional dissertationgrant of up to $10,000.
Membership in a network of scholars and alumni for research and advocacy collaborations.