Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute

Summer Scholars Program

Open to Brown University School of Public Health undergraduate and graduate students, and Alpert Medical School students, with an interest in child health disparities research.

Selected scholars participate in a 10-week internship and receive a stipend. The program embraces Brown’s “learning by doing” approach to engaged scholarship. This will provide scholars the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to ongoing research projects while gaining the knowledge, skills, perspective and experience they will need to become the next generation of child health researchers.

2025 Summer Scholars

Meet our 2025 Summer Scholars! This group includes aspiring public health leaders and policy researchers. Their work spans maternal and child health, mental health in Latino communities, reproductive justice, and health equity. With backgrounds in biology, public health, and international studies, they are driven by a shared passion for community impact and health policy.

Previous summer scholars

Meet our 2024 Summer Scholars: a diverse group of emerging researchers in neuroscience, epidemiology, and public health. Their work spans adolescent mental health, infant pharmacoequity, and pediatric asthma prevention, with a shared commitment to advancing child and maternal health through innovative, community-focused research.
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Meet our 2023 Summer Scholars: Emerging public health leaders tackling maternal and child health disparities, food insecurity, adolescent mental health, and health equity through interdisciplinary research and community-based initiatives. Their diverse backgrounds span neuroscience, biology, and public health, united by a commitment to underserved populations.
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