TYSON BROWN NAMED FIRST PRESIDENTIAL FELLOW AT DUKE

Program looks to help train the next cohort of faculty leaders at the university. Sociology and health policy scholar Tyson Brown has been named the inaugural Presidential Fellow by Duke President Vincent E. Price.

The one-year, part-time fellowship is designed to prepare promising mid-career faculty members for future leadership roles and to engage them in the administration of the university. Brown is associate professor of sociology and director of the Center on Health & Society. His research explores connections between social and health inequities. Brown will work alongside President Price’s cabinet, participate in leadership meetings and coordinate a project related to university priority. Most recently he has focused on identifying the structural and psychosocial mechanisms behind disparities in the health of older Americans. Learn more about the honor here.