LTQA and the MLTSS Association are pleased to introduce our Fall 2024 Atkins Fellow, Arielle Galinsky. 

Arielle is currently pursuing a Master of Public Policy in Social and Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and holds a bachelor’s degree in Biopsychology and Community Health from Tufts University. Arielle brings extensive state, federal, and non-profit health and aging policy experience to the fellowship, having worked for the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging, U.S. Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, American Society on Aging, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Arielle’s research experiences and policy interests include familial caregiving support, long-term care financing, and combating social isolation and loneliness amongst older adult populations. 

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The G. Lawrence Atkins LTSS Policy and Research Fellowship (hereafter “Atkins Fellowship”) with Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) and the affiliated National MLTSS Health Plan Association is a funded fellowship opportunity for graduate students with a demonstrated interest in Medicare, Medicaid and/or long-term services and supports (LTSS) to gain experience in advancing LTSS policy through research, policy analysis, and engagement with a broad range of stakeholders. This fellowship is named for G. Lawrence Atkins, PhD, who previously served as the Executive Director of LTQA and the MLTSS Association. Dr. Atkins is a veteran of more than 30 years of health and social policy analysis, policy development, and legislative representation at the local, state, and federal levels, including as Staff Director of the federal Commission on Long-Term Care.