Fellowships
Commonwealth Fund fellowship programs are designed to give promising young researchers the opportunity for in-depth study of various health care policy topics, working with investigators, policy analysts, government officials, and others in a number of U.S. and international settings.
The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy
The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship Program in Minority Health Policy is designed to create physician-leaders who will pursue careers in minority health and health policy.
Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice
The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for mid-career health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to spend up to 12 months in the United States, conducting original research and working with leading U.S. health policy experts.
Packer Policy Fellowships, Australian-American Health Policy Fellowships Program
The Packer Policy Fellowships, an Australian-American Health Policy Fellowships Program, offer a unique opportunity for outstanding, mid-career U.S. health policy researchers and practitioners to spend up to 10 months in Australia conducting original research and working with leading Australian health policy experts on issues relevant to both countries.
Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy
Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy give outstanding mid-career American professionals opportunities to research, travel, and gain practical experience in public policy in New Zealand, including firsthand knowledge of economic, social, and political reforms and management of the government sector.
The Fund formerly administered the Atlantic Fellowships and provided partial support for the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research.
Spotlight on Fellows
Rhema Vaithianathan
Rhema Vaithianathan, Ph.D., a 2007–08 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is a health economist and senior lecturer at the University of Auckland. She is pursuing her fellowship project, Who is Driving Health Care Cost Growth? The Distributional Consequences of Health Care Cost Growth, at Harvard Medical School.
Donald Warne
Dr. Donald Warne was recently featured in "Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick?," a PBS series also available on DVD.
