Over 50 Years of Fellows
Since 1973, this non-partisan fellowship has provided mid-career health and health care professionals with direct, hands-on policy experience in influential congressional and executive branch offices and committees in the nation’s capital.
Transforming Leaders to Transform Health
Meet The
Current Fellows
Fellows who grow together, go together.
Each cohort brings together leaders with wide-ranging expertise, experiences, and perspectives. Throughout the year fellows learn with and from one another, creating a community grounded in collaboration, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to improving the health of the nation.
Become a Fellow
We welcome applicants from across health and healthcare, including: medicine, nursing, public health, law, dentistry, economics and other social sciences (especially disciplines related to factors that influence population health, such as housing, transportation, nutrition, wealth, employment, education, and environmental and community conditions), health services and social work/behavioral health, and other health professions.
Applications open in early August and close in early November.
Our Directory
Explore the network of Health Policy Fellows to see how they are working to impact the health of the nation.
Verified alumni may request contact information from the National Program Office.
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