Visiting Scholar Research Fellowships

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy (RWJF Center) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) invites advanced graduate students specializing in health services research or policy analysis associated with Latinos, American Indians and other underrepresented groups in the United States to apply for one of the Visiting Graduate Research Fellowships.

Each fellowship includes a stipend of $10,000 per semester ($6,000 for summer semester) for up to three semesters. Scholars may choose to conduct original research about political, social, cultural or economic factors affecting the health or health care of Latinos, American Indians, and other underrepresented groups in the United States, or they may wish to enhance or complete their dissertations in these areas.

ELIGIBILITY

When awarded, these fellowships are limited to graduate students who are earning their doctoral degrees from an accredited U.S. institution other than the University of New Mexico, and who have completed all course and examination requirements for the doctorate by the time of the initial appointment. All applicants must affiliate and work with a UNM faculty member in their respective social science discipline, and preferences will be given to applicants from economics, political science or sociology programs.

ABOUT THE RWJF CENTER

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico is the only health policy center dedicated to increasing the number of leaders from Latino and American Indian communities who will help shape the future of our nation’s health care and health policy. A collaboration between the University of New Mexico and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the RWJF Center for Health Policy focuses on inserting the perspectives of Latino, American Indian and other underrepresented groups into the most pressing health policy debates.

Please contact the RWJF Center for Health Policy for additional information.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy
MSC05 3400
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Tel: (505) 277-0130 Fax: (505) 277-0118
E-mail: center@healthpolicy.unm.edu

Meet the Scholars

Frank Kessel
Professor - IFCE, College of Education
Frank Kessel is a a Senior Fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy and Professor of Early Childhood Multicultural Education at the University of New Mexico. Prior to joining UNM in the fall of 2005, Kessel served for 12 years as Program Director for the Culture, Health and Human Development Program at the Social Science Research Council (in New York). There he helped bring to fruition the collective work of a variety of inter-disciplinary, sometimes international, groups of scholars.
German Muchnik Izon
RWJF Center for Health Policy Dissertation Fellow
German is an RWJF Center for Health Policy Dissertation Fellow.