Christina Mu, a doctoral candidate in the School of Aging Studies, was selected to be a 2023 O鈥橬eill/Hyer Summer Policy Intern through the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). This highly competitive 8-week internship will allow Mu to connect with aging researchers and policymakers across the nation, get hands on experience with government-related research, and gain skills to take research findings and translate them to real-world applications.
This internship was named in memory of Kathryn Hyer, MPP, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE and Greg O鈥橬eill, PhD, who were policy scholars and long-time GSA members. Hyer was a former GSA president and a professor and associate director of the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging in the School of Aging Studies.
In addition to her internship, Mu was also awarded a tuition scholarship for the Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute in Sleep Epidemiology at Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology.