Sameer M. Siddiqi

Sameer M. Siddiqi is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. His research interests include food and environmental policy, nutrition and income support programs, health and racial equity, and chronic disease-related policy interventions. Siddiqi is also interested in the role of partnerships and community-engaged research in advancing public health. His research applies mixed, survey, and qualitative policy research methods, together with analytic approaches from political science and implementation research, to explore policy implementation, stakeholder experiences, and stakeholder engagement. Siddiqi was previously a Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Lerner Fellow, where he conducted research on food systems, food waste, and environmental sustainability and received a Graduate Certificate in food systems, environment, and public health. Prior to joining RAND, Siddiqi worked as a consultant for the National Academy of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research. Earlier in his career, Siddiqi served as a scientific program analyst at the National Cancer Institute. Siddiqi received his doctorate from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management, with a concentration in health and public policy, and a BS in Biology from the University of Houston.