Release Date: April 7, 2005

Barbara Krimgold
(202) 387-2829
bkrimgold@cfah.org

Congressional Policy Fellowship Established for Work on Health Disparities

Washington, DC -- The Center for the Advancment of Health has been awarded a $198,402 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish three congressional health policy fellowships.

The fellowships are named in honor of H. Jack Geiger, a scholar and activist devoted to the problems of health, poverty and human rights.

Under the program, Fellows will be selected for six-to-12-month stints in congressional offices to research and develop policy in areas including: HIV/AIDS, health professions training, health disparity federal initiatives, health care coverage or community health centers.

The Geiger Fellows will be selected from among the current or former participants in the Kellogg-supported Scholars in Health Disparities program -- also operated by the Center for the Advancement of Health -- the Kellogg-supported Health Policy Fellows and the Community Health Scholars programs.

The Center for the Advancement of Health is an independent nonprofit organization funded by foundations to help people make decisions about their health and health care by translating evidence of how psychological, social, behavioral, economic and environmental factors influence health and illness.

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to apply knowledge to solve the problems of people. Its founder W.K. Kellogg, the cereal industry pioneer, established the Foundation in 1930. Since its beginning the Foundation has continuously focused on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems.

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Contact:
Ira R. Allen or
Barbara Krimgold
Center for the Advancment of Health
Washington, DC
202-387-2829
press@cfah.org