Public Voices Fellows

The University of Miami Public Voices Fellowship, sponsored by the Miami CTSI and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Scholarship, aims to increase the public impact of UM’s top thought leaders who are women and/or underrepresented minorities and to ensure that their ideas help shape important contemporary conversations.

Public Voices Fellows In the News

Here are some of their latest accomplishments from our current cohort of fellows.

10.28.21 | Christina Lane
#TimesUp: Hollywood’s Lack of Progress and Failure to Believe In All Women — Ms. Magazine

11.28.21 | Shirin Shafazand
Why the Build Back Better Act is an investment, not a cost — KevinMD

12.1.21 | Carmen Presti
It’s Time to Aggressively Target Another Top Killer of Black Americans — U.S. News & World Report

12.15.21 | Nebil Husain
False prophets: When preachers defy COVID — and then it kills them — Salon

12.16.21 | Juan Pablo De Rivero Vaccari
Science is Not Lying to You — Visible Magazine

12.20.21 | Sharon Andrade-Bucknor
We Need More Black Cardiologists to Shrink Black-White Health Disparities — US News

1.10.22 | Marisol Capellan
All Latinos Are Not Perceived as Equal — Visible Magazine

1.19.22 | Shweta Anjan
Why Omicron Is a Dangerous Threat for Transplant Patients — U.S. News & World Report

1.19.22 | Pat Caralis
Let’s commit infrastructure funding to help older Americans lead healthier lives — The Hill

1.20.22 | Neva Kirk-Sanchez
WIll You Still Love Me When I’m 64? — Visible Magazine