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Meet the Harkness Fellows

The Commonwealth Fund’s Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice provide a unique opportunity for midcareer health services researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, 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.

Profiles for the 2024–25 Harkness Fellows are featured here, and our Senior Fellows (alumni) are searchable below.

Evan Adams

2024–25 Canadian Harkness Fellow ; Acting Associate Dean – Indigenous Health, Simon Fraser University; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, First Nations Health Authority; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

Sarah Aitken

2024–25 Australian Harkness Fellow ; Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Director of Academic Surgery, Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health; Associate Professor and Head of Surgery, University of Sydney; Co-Chair, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Mo Akindolie

2024–25 U.K. Harkness Fellow ; Consultant Paediatrician, Clinical Lead for Ambulatory Paediatrics, King's College Hospital; Assistant Registrar – Leadership, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Sabrina Das

2024–25 U.K. Harkness Fellow ; National Maternity Improvement Advisor, NHS England; Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Termination of Pregnancy Surgeon, Marie Stopes International; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London

Janell Dymus-Kurei

2024–25 New Zealand Harkness Fellow ; Director, Tauukiuki; Chief Operations Officer, Hāpai te Hauora – Māori Public Health; Technical Advisor – Hauora, National Iwi Chairs Forum 

Catherine Falconer

2024–25 U.K. Harkness Fellow; Deputy Director of Health Equity and Inclusion, UK Health Security Agency 

Jacob Jorem

2024–25 Norwegian Harkness Fellow ; Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo; Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Columbia University 

Laurie Marrauld

2024–25 French Harkness Fellow ; Assistant Professor of Management, EHESP – French School of Public Health; Expert Consultant, French Ministry of Health and High Council for the Future of Social Security

Ed Middleton

2024–25 U.K. Harkness Fellow; Director of Strategy, Policy and Portfolio Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Amelie Roux

2024–25 French Harkness Fellow; Director of General Affairs and Communication, Lyon University Hospital

Viktoria Steinbeck

2024–25 German Harkness Fellow ; Research Fellow – Department of Management in Health Care, Technische Universität Berlin 

Brigitte Woo

2024–25 Singapore Harkness Fellow ; Research Fellow – Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

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David Melzer

1998-99 Harkness Fellow Clinical Senior Research Associate Institute of Public Health University of Cambridge

Anatole Menon-Johansson

2006-07 Harkness Fellow Specialist Registrar in Genitourinary Medicine Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Grégoire Mercier

2018–19 French Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice Head of the Economic Evaluation Unit Montpellier University Hospital

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Ed Middleton

2024–25 U.K. Harkness Fellow; Director of Strategy, Policy and Portfolio Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Laure Millet

2023–24 French Harkness Fellow; Head of the Healthcare and Social Policy Program, Institut Montaigne

Christopher Millett

2008-09 Harkness Fellow Consultant in Public Health Imperial College

Rubin Minhas

2008-09 Harkness Fellow General Practitioner Honorary Senior Lecturer Faculty of Science, Technology and Medical Studies University of Kent

Imogen Mitchell

2013-14 Harkness Fellow Director and Senior Staff Specialist Intensive Care Unit The Canberra Hospital Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Admissions, Medical School Australian National University