INFO: 2010-2011 Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program

For those of you with public policy and aging interests, check out the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship.  I took part in this last year and it was terrific.

Greg Hinrichsen

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To: Policy Fellows Program, Health and Aging <hapfell@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu>
Cc: Huynh, Phuong-Trang <huynhpt@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu>; Pincus, Harold <pincush@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu>; radavid@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Sent: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 10:18 am
Subject: 2010-2011 Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program Call for Applications

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Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the 3rd year of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program, a unique professional fellowship opportunity. Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and directed by Harold Alan Pincus, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Health Policy and Management at Columbia University (in collaboration with the American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program), this national program seeks to provide professionals in health and aging with the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The program offers two different tracks: (1) a residential track that includes a nine-to-12-month placement in Washington, D.C. or at a state agency (as a legislative assistant in Congress, a professional staff member in an executive agency or in a policy organization); and (2) a non-residential track that includes a health policy project and brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. Core program components focused on career development and professional enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks. The program is open to physicians, nurses and social workers at all career stages (early, mid, and late) with a demonstrated commitment to health and aging issues and a desire to be involved in health policy at the federal, state or local level. Other professionals with clinical backgrounds (e.g., pharmacists, dentists, clinical psychologists) working in the field of health and aging are also eligible to apply. Under special circumstances, exceptions may be made for non-clinicians who are in positions that can impact health policy for older Americans at a clinical level. We are delighted to announce our partnership with the John Heinz Senate Fellowship in Issues of the Aging. Our programs have combined to create the joint John Heinz/Health and Aging Policy Fellowship. Each year, one individual will be designated the John Heinz/Health and Aging Policy Fellow. Our goal is to create a cadre of professional leaders who will serve as positive change agents in health and aging policy, helping to shape a healthy and productive future for older Americans. To this end, we seek your assistance in informing potential candidates of this opportunity. Please feel free to forward this notification to prospective applicants or others in the field who may know of such individuals, or to suggest other methods and/or venues for marketing the program. The application deadline for the 2009-2010 fellowship year is April 15, 2010. For further information, please visit our website at www.healthandagingpolicy.org or contact me or Phuong Huynh, Deputy Director of the program (huynhpt@pi.cpmc.columbia.eduor 212-543-6213) directly. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Harold Alan Pincus M.D. National Director, Health and Aging Policy Fellows Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Director of Quality and Outcomes Research, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 09 New York, NY 10032 Phone: 212 543 5401 Fax: 212 543 6063 Email: pincush@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu

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