The Scholars in Health Policy Research Program is a two-year postdoctoral fellowship program, established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1992 to cultivate a new generation of creative thinkers and problem solvers in health policy. Curricula at the three participating universities are designed to be flexible so as to meet the educational needs and interests of individual Scholars. Scholars at each university work collaboratively in multidiciplinary environments with social science faculty as well as with faculty from medicine, public health, public policy, and law. Through specially designed seminars, workshops, tutorials, and active mentoring programs, Scholars are introduced to the complexities of the health care system, learn the languages of the other disciplines, and have opportunities to work with recognized leaders both in academia and in front lines in policy making. The University of Michigan Program builds on a long tradition of interdisciplinary research and training in the social and policy aspects of health.
Scholars also participate in tutorials taught by individual faculty members.
During the two years, Scholars develop and pursue individual research projects in collaboration with their mentors. The Michigan Scholars Information about all past and present Michigan Scholars can be found here .