Burnett School of Medicine Student Gets National Fellowship
Anand Singh, a third-year medical student at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, has been accepted as a 2023/24 Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship member.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Doctors for America announced that Anand Singh has been accepted as a 2023/24 Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship member.
Singh, a third-year medical student at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University, was one 12 leaders chosen to the program, which is open to medical students, residents, practicing physicians and retirees who have a willingness to learn and the desire to make a difference in health advocacy.
Singh, who was recently elected as the 2023-2024 Medical Student Section (MSS) Chair-Elect for the American Medical Association, is passionate about healthcare policy, community health, and mentorship. He is currently a member of the American Medical Association Foundation Board of Directors where he oversees initiatives to improve our nation’s health. He is actively involved in organized medicine at local and national levels, holding several leadership positions with the goal of promoting health equity through advocacy and policy-making.
Through Singh’s experience with health equity research, street medicine, and the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, he has seen health disparities within his own community which require structural change. He aspires to be a physician-advocate who not only positively impacts his patients’ lives but also creates systemic solutions to improve population health.
The Copello Fellows will meet monthly to learn from national experts and each other about advocacy, community organizing, media relations, writing and giving testimony, how to impactfully engage with legislators and more. Each member will also participate in a topic focused area, and attend DFA’s National Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, June 6 – 8, 2024.