We are thrilled to welcome a new class of Fellows to the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program. This cohort represents outstanding scholars and practitioners from multiple disciplines who are dedicated to improving the future for older Americans. | | Meet Our 2025-2026 Fellows | | |
Sherry Badloo, PharmD, BCPS
Geriatric Pharmacy Program Manager/Facility Academic Detailer/PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator, Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)
Northport, NY
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Joy Barresi Saucier, MHA, RN, FACHE
Executive Director, Aroostook Agency on Aging
Presque Isle, ME
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Kimberly Bergen-Jackson
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Iowa School of Nursing
Iowa City, IA
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Johntrell Bowles, MPH
Disability Policy & Economic Security Researcher, Yale University
New Haven, CT
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Sara Brisson, PsyD
Palliative Care Psychologist, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), John L. McClellan Memorial
Veterans’ Hospital
Little Rock, AR
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Marissa Gonzalez, MPH
Health Policy Research Coordinator, University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
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Sherry A. Greenberg, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FNAP, AGSF, FAANP, FAAN
Evelyn Lauder Chair in Adult Gerontology and Professor, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, The City University
of New York
New York, NY
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Lin (Helen) Jiang, PhD, MSSc
Associate Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Social Work
Edinburg, TX
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Arshia Khan, PhD, MS
Professor, University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN
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Stella T. Lartey, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor, College of Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences, Clemson University
Clemson, SC
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Anne Bradley Mitchell, PhD, MN
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
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Colleen Nerney, LICSW, MSW
Deputy of Non-Institutional Care/Community Care, White River Junction VA Medical Center
White River Junction, VT
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Seeun Park, PhD
Aging and Disability Policy Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric & Palliative Medicine, Michigan Medicine/University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI
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Stephanie Zawada, PhD, MS
Research Associate in Health Services Research and Instructor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
| | Seventeen years since its creation, the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program now has 207 Current and Alumni Fellows and 15 Incoming (2025-2026) Fellows, comprised of health and aging professionals from various fields of work. The year-long fellowship offers a rich and unique training and enrichment program that is focused on current policy issues, communication skills development, and professional networking opportunities to provide fellows with the experience and ability to help affect policy. | | We are grateful for the support and partnership of The John A. Hartford Foundation, West Health, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, the US Veterans Health Administration, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research/Administration for Community Living, and our other supporters and friends. | | | | |
