Kellogg Fellows in Health Policy Research
Supported by a grant from The W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The Center for the Advancement of Health serves as national program office for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Health Policy Research Fellowship Program.

In April of 1998, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation established the Kellogg fellowship Program in Health Policy Research. The program creates a cadre of health policy researchers with expertise in the area of program evaluation and measurement. Fellowships have been awarded to talented minority men and women enrolled in graduate programs in public health, health policy or social policy leading to the doctorate (Ph.D., Dr.PH or Sc.D). The program selected, supported and monitored the performance of pre-doctoral fellows, providing them with financial aid and following them over the course of at least five years, two devoted to coursework and the remaining three to the dissertation. A distinguished advisory committee, chaired by H. Jack Geiger, M.D., Arthur C. Logan Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York Medical School, is responsible for overall guidance and program evaluation.

The Kellogg Fellows Program to date has supported 30 doctoral students enrolled at seven participating schools: the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University, the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, Harvard School of Public Health, the John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the UCLA School of Public Health, the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and the Rand School.

Program Objective:

• to select members of underrepresented minority groups who have a demonstrated commitment to addressing the health and health care needs of the underserved, and who are interested in doctorates in health policy research.
• to facilitate the education of these promising individuals by providing them funding and other support, including mentoring and access to information.
• to build a network of minority leadership in health policy research