Health Leadership Impact Fellowship

Brelynn Hunt, M.Phys, M.H.S.,  is a health equity advocate, policy researcher, and aspiring physician whose work sits at the intersection of women’s health, maternal mortality, and structural inequities impacting Black communities. Her work spans research, federal health policy, advocacy, and community-based engagement, with a particular focus on improving access to high-quality, culturally responsive maternal care.

Brelynn has worked across academic, nonprofit, and federal policy spaces, including with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, where she served as a Health Equity Research Fellow through the John R. Lewis National Racial Equity Initiative for Social Justice. In this role, she led and contributed to policy-relevant research on maternal mortality, digital health equity, and access to care, with publications in The Journal of the Center for Policy Analysis and Research. Her broader research interests include racial disparities in perinatal outcomes, the role of policy in shaping maternal health systems, and community-driven solutions to preventable maternal deaths.

She holds a Master of Health Sciences with high honors from Meharry Medical College and a Master of Physiology from North Carolina State University, and earned her Bachelor of Science from Spelman College. In addition to her academic training, Brelynn is a certified birth doula, grounding her policy and research work in lived, patient-centered care. She plans to pursue a career as an OB/GYN dedicated to advancing maternal health equity through clinical practice, advocacy, and health systems transformation.