The National Academy of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) have announced the placements for the 2025–2026 class of RWJF Health Policy Fellows. Following a three-and-a-half month policy orientation, these eight health professionals will spend the remainder of their Washington, DC, fellowship serving as senior health policy advisors to key legislative branch personal offices and committees.
Congratulations to:
Di Fang, PhD
Associate Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department
University of Florida, Gainesville
Placement: House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine
University of Washington
Placement: Senator Patty Murray (WA)
Brent A. Langellier, PhD, MA
Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School Public Health/Urban Health Collaborative
Drexel University
Placement: House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Brian K. McNeil, MD, MBA, FACS
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Vice-Chair, Department of Urology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Placement: Senator Adam Schiff (CA)
Stephen A. Morales, MBA
Medical Device Engineer, Management Consultant, and Entrepreneur
Placement: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Candice Morrissey, MD, MSPH, MHEPM, FASE
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Placement: Senate Committee on Finance
Unini Odama, MD, MPH, MBE
Nephrologist and former Vice President for Medical Affairs
Davita Kidney Care
Placement: Senator Tim Scott (SC)
Juan A. Rios, Jr., DSW, LCSW
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Rutgers University–Newark
Placement: Senator Cory Booker (NJ)
About the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program
Since 1973, this non-partisan fellowship has provided mid-career health and health care professionals with direct, hands-on policy experience in influential congressional and executive branch offices and committees in the nation’s capital. For more information, please visit healthpolicyfellows.org.
