Shamik Bhat

Shamik's experiences with healthcare across the United States led him to explore both medicine and health policy. At the University of Colorado, Denver, he studied biology and political science while working with Children's Hospital Colorado to build hands-on, unique educational experiences for patients. Having completed his third year of medical school at Yale, he’s exploring the many policy determinants of health at Princeton SPIA, ranging from housing policy to pharmaceutical price transparency. Shamik joined the Urban Institute's Health Policy team for the summer, where he helped the team actively fight against H.R.1's (The Big Beautiful Bill) cuts to healthcare programs, helped prepare state officials on how to respond to the cuts once passed, and led a paper on a novel health insurer fee states could levy to generate much-needed revenue. He ultimately hopes to use these experiences and lessons to better advocate for patients both in the hospital and on Capitol Hill.