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Interdisciplinary

Policy Series: Health and Aging Policy Fellows: Linking Policy and Practice to Benefit Older People

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Location: Room 109

The Health and Aging Policy Fellows program was founded in 2008 after its founders observed a dearth of experts with overlapping experience in policy and aging. The program is creating a growing cadre of leaders to improve the health of older adults by influencing policy at the state and national levels that is joined through an alumni network of more than 150 fellows. The fellowship's goal is to improve the lives of older people across life domains. Past fellows serve as staff members in Congress, in State and Federal Agencies, and in the private sector. The fellowship has helped to launch many policy-focused careers. In this seminar, current and past fellows from medicine, research, social work, and law will share their experiences before, during, and after their fellowship. They will describe what they learned through the training and a placement in a full- or part-time policy role, how viewing health and aging through a policy perspective changed their understanding of systems, and how they think the fellowship will enable them to influence policy to improve the lives of older people in the future. Fellows will also highlight ongoing policy challenges that stop or slow progress toward achieving the goal.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the importance of policy fellowships that provide training and experience to a diverse group of professionals in health and aging.
  • Seek out opportunities to gain policy experience that will increase their ability to influence the levers of power needed to improve health and aging.

Presentations:

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Aging and Foreign Policy: Experiencing the Global Track of the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jonathan E. Cohen, JD MPhil (he/him/his) – University of Southern California

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Care Plan Inventory and Assessment—A Means to Learn More About CMS

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Maria Torroella Carney, MD (she/her/hers) – Northwell Health

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Training in Health and Aging Policy Mid Career—Reflecting on a Potential Inflection Point

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Benjamin Springgate, MD, MPH, FACP (he/him/his) – LSU Health - New Orleans

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Insights From a HAPF Alumnus on Aging Policy Advocacy in Social Work

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Nancy Kusmaul, PhD, MSW, FGSA (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Improving the Value of Serious Illness Care

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Brystana G. Kaufman, PhD (she/her/hers) – Duke University