“The Randall Lewis Health & Policy Fellowship has been an outstanding experience for University of La Verne students.  Our MHA and MPA students have greatly benefitted from the field site experiences, the hands-on mentoring and training, and the ample networking opportunities. The students’ level of professionalism and confidence are wonderfully enhanced giving them a step ahead of others in the employment marketplace.  The experience they go through nicely augments our graduate curriculum letting them apply their academic training to practice in the real world. This has been an incredible opportunity for our students and our programs.”

“It has been an absolute pleasure working with The Randall Lewis Health & Policy Fellowship program.
The fellows come to us with such a strong knowledge base that you can put them to work on day one.
The benefit to our organization is invaluable and I’m confident the fellows that have come through our site are job market-ready when they complete their fellowship.”

“The Randall Lewis Health & Policy Fellowship has provided me with the opportunity to practice public health, network with public health colleagues, and begin to shape a career in public health. From the beginning as a fellow, I was given the space to express my aspirations in public health and encouraged to explore areas of data collection and community engagement during my time with the City of Rialto. There I was afforded the opportunity to see public health first-hand in the setting of local government — writing grants, teaching a nutrition education class for the senior population, and promoting improved lifestyle behavior change as a preventive strategy for long-term health.”

“The City of Rialto is extremely grateful for the Randall Lewis Health & Policy Fellowship. They have provided us with amazing students throughout the last decade. Rialto has greatly enhanced its ability to provide superior service to the community and surrounding areas with help from their fellows. We appreciate their fellows’ initiative and their ongoing. support. Thank you.”

“The Randall Lewis Health & Policy Fellowship has been an outstanding experience for University of La Verne students. Over the years, our MHA and MPA students have greatly benefitted from the field site experiences, the hands-on mentoring and training, and the ample networking opportunities. The students’ level of professionalism and confidence are wonderfully enhanced giving them a step ahead of others in the employment marketplace. The experience they go through also nicely augments our graduate curriculum letting them apply their academic training to practice in the real world. This has been an incredible opportunity for our students and our programs.”

My experience with the RLHPF, which matched me to the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), gave me the opportunity to transform data and information into program and policy recommendations for public health and environmental justice leaders. Prior to the fellowship program, I had little experience with applying health policy in a real-world setting, so the opportunity was incredibly rewarding and worthwhile for me. My work at SCAG played an enormous role in helping me obtain my current position as a Health Program Analyst II with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health because I demonstrated my ability to transform existing research and data into meaningful recommendations for city and community leaders to reference and utilize when implementing interventional programs for their local jurisdictions. One of the most important lessons I learned from this fellowship is that any kind of work you do in the public health field is interconnected, and I’m grateful that the RLHPF encouraged me to explore different opportunities to enhance and expand my skills.