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