2024 Health Policy Ball

We are so excited to announce that the 2024 David A. Winston Health Policy Ball will be held on May 4, 2024 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner.

About the Fellowship

Learn directly from the nation’s leaders as they create, and debate, our national health policy through a distinguished post-graduate fellowship in Washington, DC, or through scholarships for graduate education.

Join the Fellowship

Learn directly from the nation’s leaders as they create, and debate, our national health policy through a distinguished post-graduate fellowship in Washington, DC, or through scholarships for graduate education.

About the Scholarship

The Winston Scholarship program recognizes excellence and achievement for students in master’s degree programs in health administration, health policy, and public health by providing ten scholarships of $10,000 per year. Winston Scholars also join a one-day symposium on health policy in Washington, DC.

Former Fellow Spotlight

Lydia Orth was recently appointed as Director of Medicaid Initiatives with Families USA

2023-2024 Winston Fellows

Katarina Morgan, DDS, MPH

Katarina Morgan, DDS, MPH

Harvard University

Katarina (Katja) attended Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health as a Presidential Scholar and graduated this May with her Master of Public Health in Health Policy. She most recently worked with the oral health team at the Boston-based consumer advocacy group Health Care For All as a Policy Intern. Prior to Harvard, Katarina received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as well as her Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry. Her policy and research interests include medical-dental integration and gender-affirming healthcare.

I feel so honored and humbled by my selection as one of the next David A. Winston Health Policy Fellows. I am excited to incorporate my unique lived experiences as a trans woman and my clinical training as the first dentist selected for the Fellowship. I hope to dedicate my career to advancing oral health access and equity through policy, and I am confident this Fellowship will provide me with the mentorship and exposure to the political process necessary to achieve that goal. Thank you to the Board for this transformative opportunity to build upon David A. Winston’s legacy.

Ari Panzer, MPP

Ari Panzer, MPP

Duke University

Ari attended Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and graduated this spring with his Master of Public Policy. He is a Duke-Margolis Scholar in Health Policy and Management and a 2022 David A. Winston Health Policy Scholar. Prior to Duke, he was a Researcher and Project Manager at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at Tufts Medical Center. Ari received his Bachelor of Science in Community Health and Psychology from Tufts University. His policy interests include health equity, health care delivery and payment reform, and public health preparedness and prevention. 

I am honored, humbled, and thrilled the David A. Winston Fellowship Board selected me as a Fellow from a group of brilliant and talented applicants. The Fellowship will provide an unparalleled opportunity to learn from leading health policy experts and continue growing professionally. I am thankful for the Board investing in my career and I am excited to engage with all the Fellowship has to offer.

Fellowship

The Fellowship provides the opportunity to expand your knowledge of health policy-making though firsthand, direct exposure to both public and private sector decision makers in Washington, DC.

Scholarship

The Winston Scholarship program recognizes excellence and achievement for students in certain master's degree programs.

Symposium

Winston Scholars join a one-day symposium on health policy in Washington, DC each year.

…I hope that everyone involved with this fellowship realizes what a wonderful legacy you have created in honor of David Winston…. The Winston Fellowship will generate the next generation of health policy experts, and I will always be proud to say I was a Winston Fellow.

Chad Shearer

2003 Winston Fellow, Director of the Medicaid Institute, United Hospital Fund

The Fellowship was a wonderful opportunity that provided unparalleled access to health policy experts. Every day of my one-year stint, I met with individuals from the top of their field and learned about the nuances of the issues from them. The Fellowship continues to be a resource and asset for my career in health policy.

Meghan Taira

2002 Former Fellow, Legislative Director Office of United States Senator Charles E. Schumer