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State Health Policy Fellowship

About the Fellowship

The NAM State Health Policy Fellowship (SHPF) is a non-partisan program that places highly accomplished mid-career health and health care experts in state legislative and executive agencies to provide exceptional analysis to help inform the policy process.ÌýLaunched in 2024, SHPF creates a structured pipeline for integrating health policy expertise into state government—empowering policymakers with experience and evidence-based analysis to craft more effective public health and health care policies.

State policymakers shape critical health policies that impact millions. The SHPFÌýstrengthens their decision-makingÌýby connecting them with top-tier analysis and strategic guidance tailored to complex challenges. At the same time, itÌýcultivates the next generation of state-level health policy leaders,Ìýenhancing long-term policymaking capacity and impact.

NAM has expanded to seven fellows in the programs’ third year.

Fellows

Current Fellows

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (North Carolina)

Brian Antono is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Duke University School of Medicine. A clinician-educator and primary care advocate, he serves as Associate Director of the School of Medicine’s Primary Care Leadership Track, where he prepares medical students to lead and advocate within primary care. As Core Faculty at the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, he co-created and co-directed the Health Equity Policy and Primary Care Fellowship, a program pairing health-policy training with primary care practice.Ìý

ÌýDr. Antono’s work focuses on strengthening the primary care workforce and advancing health equity through policy. His scholarship examines primary care access, physician workforce trends, and the training pipeline. He has also written several clinical reviews in the widely read journal American Family Physician. A board-certified family physician currently pursuing board certification in lifestyle medicine, he practices full-spectrum family medicine—spanning newborn and prenatal care, medication treatment for opioid use disorder, and food-as-medicine—at the Duke Family Medicine Center and Duke Regional Hospital. HeÌýremainsÌýan active member of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians.Ìý

ÌýDr. Antono earned his MD from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and his MPH from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He then completed family medicine residency at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, North Carolina. He previously served as a Health Policy Fellow at the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies and Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, where his interest in translating clinical experience into health policy took root.

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (Wisconsin)

Bill Calawerts is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a dual board-certified physician in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine. He provides full-spectrum care, including outpatient primary care, inpatient hospitalist, and obstetric care at an FQHC on Milwaukee’s North Side, caring for patient populations historically left behind by the medical system. His academic interests focus on health equity, health policy and advocacy, and community-based interventions. At the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Calawerts directs the Community Engagement and Health Policy curriculum for the Family Medicine Residency and leads a Health Policy and Advocacy elective for medical students focused on developing the next generation of physician advocates. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Preventive Medicine Residency, where he teaches health policy and advocacy.Ìý

Dr. Calawerts is particularly interested in the intersection of clinical medicine, public health, and health policy. He created Healthy Conversations: Direct from Wisconsin Docs, a collaboration with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel focused on combating medical misinformation through physician-authored columns and public health videos. His research and advocacy have addressed health equity, substance use treatment, pathways to health professions for high school students, and health disparities related to race and socioeconomic status. During his training at the University of Colorado, he worked with the Farley Health Policy Center on health policy initiatives and research focused on increasing access to buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in rural Colorado.Ìý

Dr. Calawerts completed his B.S. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his MD with Distinction in Research from Albany Medical College. He completed an accelerated four-year combined Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine residency at the University of Colorado and received his MPH from the University of Colorado, with a focus on epidemiology and health systems.

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (Pennsylvania)

Evan S. Cole, PhD is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health, and the Director of the Medicaid Research Center within the Health Policy Institute. His work focuses on generating robust and objective evidence with and for policymakers to improve the access and quality of health care for low-income and disabled populations. He also studies how other factors related to poverty affect the health of Medicaid enrollees, such as homelessness, housing, food insecurity, and other health related social needs. He works with interdisciplinary teams within the Department of Health Policy and Management, the Schools of Health Sciences, and with researchers at other universities across the country. His research has been published in top health services research and policy peer-reviewed journals, including Health Affairs, JAMA, and JAMA Health Forum. He was formerly a Wisconsin Population Health Fellow, received his MPH from the University of Minnesota, and his PhD from the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University.

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (North Carolina)

Narges Farahi, MD, FAAFP, is a Professor of Family Medicine at UNC School of Medicine. A board-certified family physician, Dr. Farahi has spent over 15 years advancing the health and wellbeing of families through clinical care, education, advocacy, and public health initiatives. Dr. Farahi earned her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh and completed her residency in family medicine and community health at the University of California San Francisco before pursuing an obstetrics fellowship. She is committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered care for marginalized populations in community settings. She provides comprehensive primary care at Prospect Hill Community Health Center, a rural federally qualified health center (FQHC) where she sees patients and teaches residents in the FQHC residency track, and attends on the Family Centered Perinatal Care service at the North Carolina Women’s Hospital, caring for birthing parents, newborns, and their families in the hospital. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Farahi is engaged in public health initiatives focused on improving maternal and infant health, with an emphasis on rural communities and those disproportionatelyÌýimpactedÌýby perinatal morbidity and mortality. She is involved in community-engaged implementation research, on partnering with patients and communities to design and implement innovative models to improve health across the life course. Outside of her academic work, Dr. Farahi serves on the North Carolina Physician Advisory Board (PAG) for Medicaid, a non-profit organization of health professionals who review and make recommendations on Medicaid clinical policies to help improve health outcomes for state beneficiaries. She has served as the PAG Board Chair since 2022. Prior to her current role, Dr. Farahi served as the Medical Director of the NC Farmworker Health Program and the Director of UNC’s Family Centered Perinatal Care service. Before pursuing a career in medicine, she worked as a high school science teacher with TeachÌýForÌýAmerica, and continues to cherish opportunities for teaching, learning, and mentorship.

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (Louisiana)

I am a fellowship-trained surgical oncologist which means that I am a minimally invasive general surgeon; but in addition to my general surgery training, I spent an additional four years learning how to treat cancer and how to take care of cancer patients. My practice is completely focused on and limited to patients with known cancers or concerns for cancer development.Ìý

I care for people with benign and malignant (cancerous) diseases of the stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, bile ducts in addition to patients with cancers that have spread to the liver from other organs. I also care for people who suffer from cancers of the skin (melanoma,ÌýmerkelÌýcell carcinoma, etc.) and soft tissues (sarcomas), and I am also trained in breast and endocrine surgery.Ìý

ÌýIt is my belief that treating cancer is a team sport, and communication with my patients and other doctors is essential. Therefore, in most cases, prior to initiating treatment, my patient’s case is discussed at a multidisciplinary cancer conference that includes cancer physicians from other specialties (medical oncology, radiation oncology, gastroenterology, pathology, clinical trial specialists, and others) to ensure that the very best individualized treatment plan is being offered. Even if surgery is notÌýwarranted, I work with referring doctors and other cancer specialists locally, regionally, nationally (if needed) to quarterback the mostÌýappropriate cancerÌýtreatment strategy for my patient and his or her family.Ìý

IÌýam able toÌýperform many cancer surgeries through a minimally invasive approach, and I was the first surgeon in Louisiana to perform a major hepatectomy (liver resection) for cancer using a completely robotic surgical approach.Ìý

I currently chair theÌýhepaticopancreaticobiliaryÌý(HPB) disease team at the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute; and through this team, I started the first high-risk pancreas cancer screening program in the state of Louisiana. I am a clinical associate professor for the LSU Department of Surgery where I amÌývery involvedÌýin instructing medical students and surgeons-in-training. I also hold severalÌýadditionalÌýleadership roles at the cancer center, and I have recently been appointedÌýChairmanÌýof the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer for the State of Louisiana.Ìý

I have authored or coauthored several peer reviewed journal articles andÌýtext bookÌýchapters; and I am a co-investigator on several cancer clinical trials both locally and nationally.

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (Texas)

Dr. Ryan Ramphul is a Spatial Epidemiologist and founding director of the UTHealth Place and Health Lab (PAHL), which studies how geography, environment, and community context influence health outcomes. His research integrates geospatial analytics with population health data toÌýidentifyÌýneighborhood-level drivers of chronic disease, cancer, and access to care, translating spatial evidence into actionable public health solutions. Dr. Ramphul leads projects on food insecurity, neighborhood disadvantage, and environmental exposures, with support from the National Cancer Institute, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Episcopal Health Foundation. He also serves as Co-Director of the UTHealth-MD Anderson Joint Collaborative on Geospatial Analysis and Health, providing technicalÌýexpertiseÌýto researchers and community partners. Dr. Ramphul teaches Fundamentals and Applications of GIS and Epidemiologic Methods in Population Health Disparities, andÌýmentors students across multiple campuses. Through PAHL, he collaborates with organizations such as Texas Children’s Hospital, the Houston Food Bank, and Air Alliance Houston to develop mapping tools and dashboards that help communities understand how place shapes health, opportunity, and well-being.

2026–2027 State Health Policy Fellow (Colorado)

Jennifer Rosen, DNP, CPNP-PC, MPH is an Assistant Teaching Professor and Specialty Director of the Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz College of Nursing. Her career has focused on improving the health of children and families through advocacy, education, and clinical practice. She began her career in public health, coordinating a large multicenter study that evaluated school-based strategies to prevent type 2 diabetes in adolescents. This early experience sparked her interest in population health and the role of systems-level interventions in improving health outcomes. She pursued her MPH to build upon this foundation and completed a fellowship with the Government Affairs department at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. As an educator, Dr. Rosen is committed to preparing the next generation of pediatric healthcare providers and advancing their understanding of health equity. In addition to teaching pediatric nurse practitioner students, she has led undergraduate nursing clinical immersion experiences in Guatemala, where students explore rural healthcare delivery and gain firsthand insight into the economic and environmental factors that influence health outcomes in diverse communities. Dr. Rosen is a board-certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with more than 13 years of clinical experience and currently practices at the Young Mothers and Families Clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She earned her BSN/MSN in Pediatric Primary Care from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.Ìý

Fellows

Previous Fellows

2024-2025 State Health Policy Fellow (Wisconsin)

Rachel Bernard completed her medical education and Internal Medicine training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was a Chief Resident in ambulatory medicine. In 2020, she joined the Chicago Department of Public Health as a medical director in the COVID Response Bureau. In this role, she managed a COVID-19 outbreak response team for high-risk residential facilities, worked at the Chicago Vaccine Operations Center on the COVID-19 vaccine campaign, and facilitated at-home vaccinations for Chicago’s most vulnerable residents.ÌýÌýÌý

She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this role, she co-directs the Endocrinology-Reproduction course for medical students and provides primary care services for Milwaukee-area residents. She has special clinical interests in reproductive health and substance use treatment. In 2024, she completed the Leadership in Health Policy program with the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), and she is active on health policy committees for SGIM and the Wisconsin chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP).ÌýÌýÌý

Placement:Ìý WI State Health Officer and WI Medicaid DirectorÌý

2025-2026 State Health Policy Fellow (Texas)

Kimberly C. Avila Edwards is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Advocacy for the Department of Pediatrics at Dell Medical School. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, she completed her medical education at Harvard and her pediatric training at Texas Children’s/Baylor College of Medicine. In 2024, she earned her Masters of Science in Health Care Transformation from U.T. Austin’s McCombs School of Business.

Dr. Avila Edwards has practiced general pediatrics in a private multispecialty group, an academic clinic, and a mobile clinic for uninsured children. In 2010, she co-founded the Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity.

With over two decades of involvement in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Dr. Avila Edwards has served in various state and national roles. She chaired the Obesity and Legislative Committees of the Texas Pediatric Society (TPS), the state chapter of the AAP, and served as the youngest and only Hispanic President of TPS to date. National leadership positions in the AAP she has held include Texas Alternate Chapter Chair, Texas Chapter Chair, and Chapter Forum Management Committee member for District VII. She currently serves on the AAP Committee on Federal Government Affairs and on the Texas Medical Association Council on Legislation.

Placement: UT Chancellor Health

2025-2026 State Health Policy Fellow (Georgia)

Erin Ferranti is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing with additional appointments in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory School of Medicine and in the Nutrition and Health Sciences Program at Emory University. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA). She is currently serving as the President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA).

Dr. Ferranti is a public health nurse scientist dedicated to prevention and health promotion science in addressing health inequities through three specific areas of emphasis: Factors contributing to cardiometabolic risk and nutrition patterns in women to reduce inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality, farmworker health and nutrition, and diabetes and hypertension prevention. Her NIH-funded and AHA-funded program of research is focused on testing interventions to mitigate cardiometabolic disease progression in disparate and at-risk perinatal and postnatal populations.

Placement: Department of CommunityÌýHealth

2024-2025 State Health Policy Fellow (Colorado)

Dr. Brandi Kaye Freeman is a physician dedicated to eradicating the health inequities that impact vulnerable populations through evidence-based practices and improved quality of health care delivery.Ìý She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Vice Chair of Health Opportunities and Professional Engagement (HOPE) for the Department of Pediatrics as well as an Attending Physician at the Child Health Clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado.Ìý In these roles, she is a practicing primary care physician and health services researcher whose research portfolio includes developing approaches to improve Diversity and Equity in the Healthcare and investigating best practices to help children thrive in early childhood. ÌýAs a community leader and advocate, Dr. Freeman dedicates numerous hours to improving the health and wellbeing of minority communities.Ìý She is a National President Emeritus of the Student National Medical Association and has been a mentor for the Tour for Diversity in Medicine since its inception in 2012. Dr Freeman is the former Speaker of the House of Delegates of the National Medical Association and current Region VI Trustee.

Dr. Freeman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with minors in Chemistry and French from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. ÌýAfter completing post-baccalaureate work at the Mayo Clinic, she received her Doctor of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.Ìý Dr. Freeman completed pediatric residency training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Children’s Center as part of the Harriet Lane Housestaff.Ìý She was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and received her Master of Science in Health Policy Research from the Perelman School of Medicine.

Dr. Freeman strives to be an effective leader of the highest caliber.Ìý She is a graduate of The Links, Inc Scott Hawkins Leadership Institute, the AAP Women Equity Leadership (WEL) program and the Children’s Hospital Colorado Provider Leadership Development Program. Dr. Freeman is a graduate of the AAMC Healthcare Executive Diversity and Inclusion Certificate (HEDIC) program.Ìý She has received multiple awards including the AMA Inspiration Award from the Women’s Health Section and has been recognized as both as a NMA Post Graduate Top Physician Under 40 and NMQF 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health.Ìý In 2024, she was selected to be one of the inaugural fellows for the National Academy of Medicine’s pilot State Health Policy Fellowship Program.

 

Placement:Ìý Office of the Attorney General, Colorado Department of Law

2024-2025 State Health Policy Fellow (Pennsylvania)

Meredith Hughes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. She received both her law degree and Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on Medicaid, innovative approaches to aging in place, the intersection of housing and health, family caregiving, and long-term care.ÌýÌýÌý

Meredith’s background in health policy and regulation makes her an excellent fit for the NAM State Health Policy Fellowship. She worked in Washington, DC as a Policy Analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), where she co-authored a series of reports on health care spending growth and cost containment and helped advise the BPC Governors’ Council on Medicaid policy issues. As a JD/MPH student, she served as a regulatory consultant in the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, working on Medicaid payment policy, regulatory reform and benefit design. She spent four years at Sellers Dorsey, a leading state Medicaid consultancy, where she focused on the implementation and ongoing operations of Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) program.ÌýÌý

Meredith’s fellowship placement is with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Senate Aging & Youth Committee and House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee. Her fellowship experience will center on Pennsylvania’s new 10-year master plan for aging,ÌýAging Our Way,ÌýPA.

2025-2026 State Health Policy Fellow (Pennsylvania)

Bryant Shuey is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he provides primary care, teaches medical students and residents, and serves as an attending physician for the inpatient medicine and addiction medicine services. As core faculty in Pitt’s Center for Research on Health Care and Center for Pharmaceutical Prescribing and Policy, his work focuses on improving access to care for people with substance use disorders.

Dr. Shuey is dedicated to advancing health and opportunity, working at the intersection of clinical care, research, and policy to improve substance use treatment quality and access. His research evaluates the effects of state, federal, and payer policies, examines emerging substance use trends, and generates evidence to guide future policy and clinical practice. He is principal investigator of a National Institute on Drug Abuse career development award examining cardiovascular health in patients with opioid use disorder. His work has appeared in JAMA and Health Affairs Scholar and featured in the New York Times, NPR, and ABC News.

Dr. Shuey is from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and earned his BS and MD from the University of New Mexico. He completed internal medicine residency training at the University of South Florida where he was a chief resident and received the Outstanding Resident of the Year award from the Florida Chapter of American College of Physicians. He was a fellow in the Health Policy and Insurance division of the Department of Population Medicine, a collaboration between Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Dr. Shuey earned his MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Placement: Department of Health, Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention

2025-2026 State Health Policy Fellow (Wisconsin)

Dr. Kellie Snooks is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She provides clinical care to critically ill children as an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. At the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Snooks serves as the course co-director for medical students in the Health Systems Management & Policy Scholarly Concentration.

Her academic interests are focused on violence and injury prevention in youth. She is the Principal Investigator of a community-engaged research project, MY VOiCE: Milwaukee Youth Voices: Open Conversations on the Gun Violence Epidemic. This project aims to amplify the youth voice in the firearm injury epidemic, with the goal of identifying programs and policies that the youth identify to be the most beneficial to mitigating violence in their communities. Dr. Snooks also is actively engaged in strategies to advance firearm injury prevention policies at the state and federal level. As a clinician who provides care to the most vulnerable children, Dr. Snooks aims to improve the health outcomes of all children through health policies that improve access to care and create safe and healthy environments allowing youth to thrive.

Dr. Snooks completed her B.S. at Radford University. She received her D.O. from Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and went on to complete her Pediatrics residency at Advocate Children’s Hospital-Oak Lawn, IL. She completed her Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin and received her MPH from the Medical College of Wisconsin, focusing on the impact of COVID-19 and youth for her capstone project. She has received awards from the Medical College of Wisconsin for her excellence in medical student education and from the City of Milwaukee, Office of Community Wellness and Safety for her allyship in Gun Violence Prevention.

Placement: Wisconsin Department of Health Services

2025-2026 State Health Policy Fellow (Colorado)

Kristina Wilson is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice in Pediatric Sports Medicine and Medical Director of the Sports Medicine Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado. A board-certified pediatric sports medicine physician, Dr. Wilson has spent over 15 years advancing youth health and safety through clinical care, advocacy, and public health initiatives.

Dr. Wilson earned her medical degree and completed her pediatric residency before pursuing a sports medicine fellowship at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Recognizing the intersection of sports medicine and public health, she earned an MPH from the University of Arizona, informing her approach to addressing health disparities in youth physical activity. Her research focuses on swimming proficiency among children, examining barriers to access through a health equity lens. She is developing policy recommendations to promote early swimming education as a fitness and safety intervention.

Dr. Wilson has held numerous leadership roles, including Medical Director of Pediatric Sports Medicine at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where she built a comprehensive program, and now leads the development of the sports medicine program at Children’s Hospital Colorado. In 2023, she was elected to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness, where she contributes to national policy development and advocacy.

Placement: Colorado General Assembly: Representative Kyle Brown

Description

Fellows will spend one year, part-time, embedded in local/county government, state legislative branches (such as office of a state legislator, legislative committee staff, or a state commission), or the executive branch (such as the office of the Governor, State Secretary of Health/State Health Officer, State Medicaid Director, senior health gubernatorial appointments, or other senior state health officials) contributing to the development and implementation of state health policies and programs. Fellows will learn to participate in state policy and political processes, and obtain the skills and knowledge necessary to influence policy throughout their careers. Fellows will share learnings across state contexts throughout the fellowship year and form a cohort to foster continued growth and support for program alumni.Ìý

For its first year of the pilot program, the NAM partnered with organizations in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to administer the fellowship: the University of Colorado Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center; the University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute; and the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Each organization provided funding to support the fellowship with additional support provided by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) and the University of Texas System.

In its second year of the pilot program, the NAM added two additional partner states. The program partnered with organizations in Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin: University of Colorado Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center; Woodruff Health Services Center; University of Pittsburgh, Health Policy Institute; the University of Texas System; and the Advancing Healthier Wisconsin Endowment at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Now in its third year, the State Health Policy Fellowship has expanded to seven fellows across six states. The program continues its partnerships in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin, while expanding its reach to North Carolina and Louisiana and adding participation from Duke University School of Medicine, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and FMOL Health.

This program is in its pilot phase and is open to additional states interested in participating. Each state partner is funding this effort, and we welcome inquiries and interest to expand the program.Ìý

Educational Content Included:Ìý

  • 1-week orientation and introduction to health policy program hosted by the NAM in Washington, DCÌýÌýÌý
  • Regular virtual learning sessions with fellowship cohortÌýÌý
  • Cohort visits to each participating state capitolÌýÌýÌý
  • Visits to each fellow’s home state U.S. Congressional Delegation

More Information

Eligibility & Selection Process

  • Exceptional early- and mid-career health professionals with a deep interest in state health policy.ÌýÌýÌý
  • Fellows must be from an academic institution, state/local government, or eligible not-for-profit organizations willing to sponsor them during the fellowship period.ÌýÌýÌý
  • Applicants must have earned an advanced degree in one of the following disciplines: medicine; nursing; public health; allied health professions; biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics or other social sciences; health services organization and administration; social and behavioral health; or health law.ÌýÌýÌý
  • Applicants whose official job description or responsibilities are primarily government relations or advocacy are not eligible for this fellowship.ÌýÌý
  • Selected fellow will be required to disclose all potential conflicts of interest. Some placements may not be possible due to unreconcilable conflicts and fellows must agree to refrain from any/all advocacy roles during the fellowship period.ÌýÌý
  • Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents at the time of application.Ìý

For the pilot phase of this program, each participating state is managing the application/nomination and selection process.Ìý Please contact the Program Administration for information on how to be considered for this program.

Timeline

Fellowships will be awarded every year.

September 2025

State Health Policy Fellowship Orientation (Washington, DC)

October 2025

Scholars’ Introduction to the Membership at the NAM Annual MeetingÌý

December 2025

State Visit #1

January 2026

State Visit #2

March 2026

State Visit #3Ìý

April 2026

Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Forum

May 2026

State Visit #4Ìý

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Program Administration

Inquires about the State Health Policy Fellowship should be directed to:

Gregg S. Margolis, PHD
DirectorÌý

Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs
National Academy of Medicine
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Phone: (202) 334-1506

Email: [email protected]Ìý

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