Sarah Peralta
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSSarah's research interests are on issues related to grief and bereavement in the United States juvenile and criminal justice…
Pyar Seth
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSPyar studies Black sociopolitical life and death and how medical language, strategies, and technologies reenact and adhere race to…
Mao S. Lee
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSEnglish learner (EL) students are often viewed as having a learning disability. Equating multilingualism with cognitive impairment costs EL…
Adrian Luis Manriquez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAdrian is committed to ending intergenerational family violence in order to promote health equity in Latino communities. Currently, Latino…
Lauren M. Peters
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSThere were fourteen Unangax children buried in the Carlisle Indian Industrial School cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, including Lauren’s great…
T’Shana McClain
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSShana’s research explores alternative justice approaches for survivors of intimate and interpersonal violence and, more specifically, how those approaches…
Mudia Uzzi
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSMudia’s research is focused on violence and trauma in urban communities. He aspires to create place-based interventions that redress…
Natalie Aileen Larez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSStudents spend most of their time in school systems, and at the same time, they don’t exist in a…
Mi’Chael N. Wright
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSIn recent years, there have been studies that have shown that social media is heavily associated with mental health,…
Melissa Horner
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSEvery day, tribal nations and Native individuals interrupt and heal the effects of intergenerational historical trauma caused by past…
Keona J. Wynne
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSKeona envisions a world where everyone has all of the internal and external tools they need to thrive. In…
Christopher E. Robertson
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSChristopher’s work is inspired by the vision of a world free of police violence. Using mixed-method approaches, he aims…
Chloe Sariego
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSChloe studies the cultural, social, and historical processes through which bodies, nations, and their borders take shape in the…
Aliyah Middleton
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSStreet-based sex work is a criminalized and highly-stigmatized form of sexual labor. Women of color, particularly Black women, are…
Alberto Cifuentes, Jr.
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSUrban sex workers, regardless of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, experience high levels of prejudice and discrimination that negatively impact…
Brigette A. Davis
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSEach individual’s road from youth to adulthood has its challenges, yet an ideal society is one that allows all…
Gabriella Alvarez
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSHow does the social world get under the skin to sculpt the brain and body? As the central question…
Kristefer Stojanovski
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSKristefer Stojanovski’s research examines structural causes to health disparities among ethnic, racial, sexual, and gender minorities. During his doctoral…
Raven Hardy
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSRaven’s research focus combines neuroscience, nutrition, and psychopathology. She is interested in maladaptive eating behaviors. The goal of her…
Amy Jones
By Nicole Racovites onFOCUSAmy E. Jones’s research interests focus on understanding the effects on health and wellness for African-Americans in this canera…
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.
