Statistical information plays an important role in informing actions and policies to improve the health of individuals and communities. With this guiding principle, the National Center for Health Statistics and AcademyHealth developed the NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Scholars Program. This year, Andrew Carlo, MD, a senior fellow / acting instructor in our department has been appointed as the 2019 NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Scholar, an award which provides gives him unique access to restricted data file(s) (free-of-charge) through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC), and potentially other Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC), to enhance and improve his research. Dr. Carlo is currently a second-year fellow in the Geriatric Mental Health Services Research Fellowship Program and practices consult psychiatry in primary care, telehealth and emergency medicine settings. His primary research interests include behavioral health integration models in the primary care setting, and health policy relevant to the intersection between psychiatry and population health. Dr. Carlo trained in psychiatry at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital where he served as the Chief Resident in Public and Community Psychiatry. Congratulations!