Michael Meng Fellowship for Healthcare Business Innovation

The pandemic revealed the need to strengthen the relationship between public health and health business in promoting the safety and well-being of society.

Public health professionals are underrepresented in the sectors of health business and the Fellowship offers an opportunity for students to apply their education in dynamic and innovative ways

Our faculty approach these aims by providing leadership and expertise in support of healthcare system innovation, conducting analyses of the policies and economic realities underpinning healthcare systems, and engaging in political advocacy.

Envisioned and funded by Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Health, Michael Meng, the Fellowship for Healthcare Business Innovation will enroll 10 Health Policy and Management students into an intensive four semester extra-curricular program to build their expertise and knowledge in health business. Fellows will learn directly from respected business executives and leaders, receive premier access to professional development at the Career Skills Academy and experience hands-on training in public health entrepreneurship at Firefly Innovations.

• Current HPAM student who has completed at least one semester at SPH, earned a GPA of 3.3 or higher, and can demonstrate a commitment to a two-year structured, cohort-based program.
• Incoming HPAM student matriculating in January 2023, who have exemplary grades in prior coursework.
• Interest in the intersection of health business and public health.
• Demonstrated desire to harness health business to improve public health
• Gain hands-on experience in health business via fieldwork opportunities.
• Build a powerful network of public health leaders and innovators.
• Opportunities for publications.
• Enhance public health knowledge and skills through seminars and workshops.
• Attend all seminars and workshops related to the fellowship (in-person sessions, hybrid when necessary).
• Enroll in and complete Design Thinking in Public Health and Public Health Entrepreneurship courses.
• Fieldwork requirement with a health business company after completion of 18 MPH credits.
• Capstone based on fieldwork output.
• Complete the Mid-Career Track of the Career Skills Academy.
• Engage with Firefly Innovations.
• Participate in extracurricular fellowship activities, including a private meet-and-greet dinner and other networking events throughout the program

Meet the Fellowship Leadership

Meet the Fellowship Director

Visiting Professor and Program Director Bunny Ellerin is a Harvard trained healthcare entrepreneur and advisor who is highly sought-after for her industry expertise and extensive network. She has helped build and sell companies, launched several thriving networking organizations, and has become a recognized force in leading New York City’s transformation into a thriving hub of healthcare innovation. An expert in digital health, Bunny has her pulse on—and strong relationships to—the companies and people defining healthcare’s future.

Meet the Fellowship fundeR

Michael Meng is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Health. He has invested in healthcare companies for the past decade and has years of experience in the field. Prior to Stellar Health, Michael was a Principal at Apax Partners. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the CUNY School of Public Health Foundation as Treasurer, as a member of the Foundation’s Executive Committee, and as a Board Member of the Global Language Project. He received his BA from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Wharton.