The JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program

The JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program is an innovative approach to support U.S. junior faculty engaged in research on the combined influence of the social and environmental determinants of health inequities in under-resourced communities.

Program Accomplishments

Since 2014, the JPB EH Fellows have undertaken more than 30 research projects relevant to under resourced populations in urban and rural communities across the U.S. Nine Fellows have been promoted to Associate Professor, and two to Full Professors. The program has fostered cross disciplinary collaborations that include several research projects, publications, workshops, panels, and conferences. More than one hundred peer-reviewed papers were completed supported by JPB funds, and more than one hundred students have been involved in and supported by JPB EH Fellowship research. Three Fellows were working in the Biden Administration on Equity and Justice policy. These three Fellows were on leave from their academic institutions.

The Fellows 

Our Fellows are a new generation of compassionate leaders and rigorous scholars who conduct research that produces knowledge about the social and environmental factors that not only affect health, but also lead to solutions that increase health equity. With the addition of a third cohort the program now has a total of 44 Fellows who represent modern academic scholars who are dedicated to addressing critical societal environmental problems facing communities