Regional Health Policy Fellows Program
For State And Local Policymakers
The Health Policy Fellows Program is a signature program of IMPH and advances the mission of the Institute to collectively inform policy to improve health and healthcare in South Carolina.
IMPH developed a new version of the program for 2025, the Regional Health Policy Fellows Program, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, which is a national, private foundation based in NYC that supports independent research on healthcare issues and makes grants to improve healthcare practice and policy.
About The Program
Throughout 2025, IMPH hosted a series of quarterly education and listening sessions in the Upstate, Midlands, Low Country, and Pee Dee regions. During these sessions, subject matter experts presented regionally relevant public health issues to an audience of legislators, local elected officials, and county and municipal staff.
The goal of this program was to provide policymakers with the most up-to-date research and data in usable formats as they consider introducing and responding to policy opportunities.
2025 Regional HPFP Sessions
During each quarterly session, topics ranged from emergency preparedness and disaster relief in the hurricane-battered Low Country to hospital closures and healthcare provider shortages in the rural Pee Dee. The topics chosen are of particular interest in that region but have state policy solutions. We discussed the legislative history the topic might have and any current legislative activity.
Contact
For more information, contact Maya Pack.