In June 2024, the 2023-2024 Health and Aging Policy Fellows (HAPF) cohort hosted the HAPF Symposium: Innovative and Integrative Solutions to Strengthen Caregiving and Healthcare Workforces for the Aging Population. National experts served as panelists during the three interactive sessions, which sparked robust conversation about the challenges of caring for older adults. This white paper provides a review of solutions for aging workforce shortages and related policy innovations and their real-world impact during the past decade. The HAPF cohort has also included policy recommendations for future consideration. Read the white paper here.

Health and Aging Policy Fellows work on a diverse range of aging-related issues, both in DC and nationwide. Whether it’s through their careers, research, and publications, Fellows continue to influence policies for older Americans at the federal, state, and community level.

Click here to see Fall 2024 updates, and here for Spring 2025 updates.

Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN (2011-2012 Fellow; Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology and Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) has been appointed a member of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH). Her four-year term began on November 14. 2024.

The Advisory Committee on Minority Health advises the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health on ways to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations, and on the development of goals and program activities within the Office of Minority Health.

Click here to read the full press release from The University of Pennsylvania.