The Health Policy Associates Program is designed to provide faculty of Meharry Medical College and other universities with a distinct affiliation and role with the Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College in order to encourage and enhance purpose, training, collegiality, commitment to, and support of health policy and social science research. 

Associates are granted a two-year renewable term in the program. This term will be based on displaying fidelity to some of the center’s various activities, such as attendance and participation in: the health policy workshops led by visiting professors in the Scholars-in-Residence (SIR) Program, the National Scholars’ Current Issues in Health Policy Seminar Series, and the Special Health Policy Lectures.

Faculty will receive a variety of exciting benefits through their affiliation with the Center for Health Policy at Meharry: 

• Training opportunities offered through our Health Policy Professional Development Program. 

• Priority meeting access to and mentoring from the Center for Health Policy at MMC Scholars-In-Residence Visiting Professors, National Scholars, and National Advisory Board members.

• Priority inclusion on grant proposals and manuscripts developed by the Center for Health Policy at MMC.

• Priority access to the Center for Health Policy at MMC forthcoming research support staff regarding biostatistics, data management, and survey research.

• Conference travel funds for Center for Health Policy at MMC -related presentations. 

For more information, contact Dr. Terrica Arnold, trarnold@mmc.edu. Applications are due annually on July 31.