The Health x Housing Lab at NYU Langone is committed to fostering the education and career development of future leaders at the intersection of health and housing and providing a platform to elevate the knowledge and expertise of people with lived experience of homelessness and housing insecurity. We offer a Summer Scholar and Consultant Program and operate a Speakers Bureau and Peer Network.

Speakers Bureau and Peer Network

The Health x Housing Lab launched a Speakers Bureau and Peer Network in 2023 to shed light on the experiences of individuals who have faced homelessness or housing insecurity and the importance of housing for health. The group, comprising 10 members, provides opportunities for people with lived experience of homelessness to share their expertise through speaking and writing engagements and serves as a resource for people in academia, healthcare, journalism, and policy to engage speakers with lived experience of homelessness in presentations, panels, and other events. Learn more about the Speakers Bureau and Peer Network, as well as about the members and their areas of expertise.

Lab Scholar and Summer Consultant Programs

The Health x Housing Lab Scholar Program is a paid summer internship that aims to foster the career development of students (medical, social work, nursing, or other advanced degree students) dedicated to future work at the intersection of health and housing. In keeping with our core values, we seek applicants who are underrepresented in medicine, have lived experience of homelessness or housing insecurity, or both.

Our Summer Consultant Program is a paid position for a person with recent lived experience of homelessness or housing insecurity to contribute their expertise to the Lab and to participate in bidirectional mentorship with the Summer Scholars.

We are no longer accepting applications for the 2025 Lab Scholar and Consultant Program. Check back in January 2026.

2024 Lab Scholars and Summer Consultants

Vaishnavi Labhishetty
Constance Lee
Evelyn Graham- Nyaasi
Shawn Wilkins

2023 Lab Scholars and Summer Consultant

Esin Bulut Eden
Okopedeghe-Wetzel
Constance Woodson

2022 Lab Scholars and Summer Consultant

Aprotim Cory Bhowmik
Kadisha Davis
Gabe Fuligni

2021 Lab Scholar

Joya Ahmad