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By Marisa Coulton When it comes to the world of federal health policy, there is nothing that compares to being there, in the room where it happens. “Working in Congress is really something that you can only understand being right in it,” said Ann Sheehy, class of 2021-2022 RWJF Health Policy Fellow, right after she wrapped up…

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program offers mid-career professionals the opportunity to participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health equity, health care, and health policy.

In this special episode, producer Anna Stoecklein is joined by Reggie Tucker-Seeley, one of the graduates from the program

By Marisa Coulton Brian Williams was at the top of his field as a surgeon and was looking for a way to expand his impact beyond the patients that he cared for every day. “I was at a stage in my career where I just needed a nudge to get to that next level of impact.…

Kirsten Johnson, MPH, discovered a passion for public health while serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa focusing on family planning and vaccine distribution. After receiving her master’s degree in public health and working in a variety of health settings, she felt a pull toward government health and a strong desire to better understand the “nuts and bolts” of the policy world. She gained hands-on experience in health policy as an RWJF Health Policy Fellow working in the office of Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI), where she lent her deep public health knowledge to the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health. She shares more about her experience below.

In this special episode, producer Anna Stoecklein is joined by Reggie Tucker-Seeley, one of the graduates from the program