Reflecting with gratitude on an amazing week at #HPRSSI2025 full of connection, learning, and celebration. Honoring our C5 (& some C6) grads was the highlight, surrounded by friends and family. Here’s to their impact and the future of health equity! @rwjf.bsky.social @rwjfclpan.bsky.social

Ended Day 3 of #HPRSSI2025 with Pride Night at Camden Yards! Loved sharing an evening of fun, baseball, and community with scholars, alumni, some members from our National Advisory Committee, and staff. Thanks for making these moments so special. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚾️🧡 #PrideNight

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Day 3 of #HPRSSI2025: All 4 cohorts gathered for cohort sessions & connection! Cohort 5 shared policy pitches with C8, & scholars + alumni led sessions on disability, storytelling, academia, & teaching. Loved seeing scholars reconnect for health equity! @rwjf.bsky.social @rwjfclpan.bsky.social

Day 2 of Summer Institute #HPRSSI2025! Cohort 6 is bringing amazing energy to the @jhu.edu Bloomberg Center in DC, conducting mock Hill visits & engaging with local orgs & community leaders. Proud to see future health equity leaders in action! @rwjf.bsky.social @rwjfclpan.bsky.social

#Juneteenth is both a celebration of Black freedom, and a call to dismantle the systems that still deny it.

At HPRS, our scholars are building a future where health is a right, not a privilege. We honor the legacy of Juneteenth through research, policy, and collective action.

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@academyhealth.bsky.social #ARM25 allowed our Cohort 7 scholars (+HPRS alumni!) to reflect on the role of health services research in a quickly changing policy landscape.

A highlight: Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter’s plenary reminder: “We need you. We see you. The work you do matters.”
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Headed to AcademyHealth #ARM25? HPRS scholars & alums are presenting equity-driven research across sessions on Medicaid, disability justice, data equity, mental health and more.

Don’t miss their work: bit.ly/HPRSatARM25

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Meet Cohort 2024 scholar Isaac Morales, who is studying how neighborhoods and colorism impact child development. Drawing on his experience as a Mexican American, he uses geospatial data to understand how environmental factors influence family health outcomes. Read more: bit.ly/HPRS-Isaac-Morales

This #PrideMonth, we honor our scholars advancing queer and trans health equity, from gender-affirming care to mental health, reproductive justice, and carceral harm. LGBTQIA+ health is public health. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #HealthEquity #TransJustice @rwjf.bsky.social @bsph-hpm.bsky.social @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

Meet cohort 2024 scholar Melody, advancing educational equity through cultural representation. Drawing from her Punjabi American background, she studies how cultural sensitivity impacts learning, especially for students with disabilities. Read more: bit.ly/HPRS-Melody-Mann

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This #EarthDay, we honor our scholars reimagining environmental policy to center communities most impacted by climate injustice—from air pollution to water equity to Indigenous land care. Environmental justice is health justice. 🌱 #HealthEquity #ClimateJustice @rwjf.bsky.social @bsph-hpm.bsky.social

Incredible weekend at HPRS Winter Institute with Cohort 8! 40 doctoral students from clinical psych to environmental justice came together in Baltimore to share their visions for health equity, serve the community & build lasting connections. So excited for their journey ahead!
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"How do we value labor? How do we ensure every worker is treated with dignity?"

For #BlackHistoryMonth, read scholar Resha Swanson-Varner's reflection on Southern labor rights and worker justice.

Read Resha's reflection: healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/black-histor...

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