Policy Series: Public Health and Aging Policy: Experience of 2023 GSA Summer Policy Interns

Chair(s)

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  Patricia D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP (she/her/hers)

  Vice President, Policy & Professional Affairs
  Policy and Professional Affairs
  The Gerontological Society of America
  Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Discussant(s)

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  Brian Lindberg, MMHS (he/him/his)

  Public Policy Advisor
  Policy
  The Gerontological Society of America
  Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Alisha Thompson, MSW (she/her/hers)

  PhD candidate
  Social Work
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

  Slides
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  Bailee Brekke (she/her/hers)

  Graduate student (MGS)
  Sociology & Gerontology
  Miami University
  Oxford, Ohio, United States

  Slides
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  Christina Mu, BA (she/her/hers)

  PhD Candidate
  School of Aging Studies
  University of South Florida
  Tampa, Florida, United States

  Slides

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is home to an established summer policy internship program. Aimed at emerging scholars, these professional development opportunities are named in memory of Kathryn Hyer, MPP, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE, and Greg O’Neill, PhD, who were policy scholars and long-time GSA members. Interns participate in an 8-week in person experience in Washington, DC. Interns will share how their experiences have impacted their research and their future career goals in gerontology.

Presentations:

• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

  Inside PAHPA: A GSA Policy Intern's Journey to the Intersection of Policy and Preparedness
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Alisha R. Thompson, MSW (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

  Alzheimer’s Disease and Opportunity for Policy Change
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Bailee Brekke (she/her/hers) – Miami University
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

  Health Equity, Intersectionality, and Climate Change: Public Health Considerations for Research
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Christina X. Mu, BA (she/her/hers) – University of South Florida