Arts in Health and Healing Archives - Health Policy Research Scholars

Alexandra K. Rodriguez
By Kirsten on September 6, 2023
FOCUSEquitable access to arts engagement has the propensity to promote forms of social cohesion and wellbeing along with health…
Edward Chauca
By Nicole Racovites on October 13, 2021
FOCUSWhat is the role of culture in building resilience among immigrant Latinx communities? What can public health and policy…
Jasmine Blanks Jones
By Nicole Racovites on July 24, 2019
FOCUSJasmine Blanks Jones’s research focuses on how young people develop civic capabilities through arts practices that produce outcomes for…
Shanaé Burch
By Nicole Racovites on July 23, 2019
FOCUSShanaé’s research in health behavior will explore the effects of arts participation and cultural engagement on health outcomes. In…

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.

Alexandra K. Rodriguez

Edward Chauca

Jasmine Blanks Jones

Shanaé Burch

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Who is Health Policy Research Scholars for?

Applicants must be:

What do scholars receive?