Sameer M. Siddiqi (he/him) is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. His research interests include food and environmental policy, nutrition and income support programs, and health and racial equity. He 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. He 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, he 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, he served as a scientific program analyst at the National Cancer Institute. He 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.
Selected Publications
Siddiqi SM, Cantor J, Ghosh Dastidar M, Beckman R, Richardson AS, Baird M, Dubowitz T, "Participants Face Especially High Food Insecurity During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic," Public Health Reports, 2021 (forthcoming)
Dubowitz T, Dastidar MG, Troxel WM, Beckman R, Nugroho A, Siddiqi S, Cantor J, Baird M, Richardson AS, Hunter GP, Mendoza-Graf A, Collins RL, "Food Insecurity in a Low-Income, Predominantly African American Cohort Following the COVID-19 Pandemic," American Journal of Public Health, 111(3), 2021
