Impact of the Federal Administration on Health Care and Public Health: Policies, Practices, and Pushback

President’s Lecture Series Spring 2026

Co-sponsored with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company

This dynamic panel of experts explores how Federal Administration policies have influenced cost, access, public health, and patient outcomes, and what nurses and health professionals can do moving forward. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insight, context, and practical strategies for advocacy and practice.

Panelists

• Michael Doonan, PhD, MPA, professor and associate dean of academics at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
  • Topic: Federal and State Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act
• Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD, commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Topic: Public Health Infrastructure and the Infectious Disease Response - Federal and State
• Carlene Pavlos MTS, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Health Association and Massachusetts Public Health Alliance
  • Topic: Advocacy at the State Level: What Can We Do?
• Colin Reusch, MPH, Director of Policy at Community Catalyst, and Amy Rosenthal, MPH, MPA, Undersecretary of Health, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • Topic: Initiatives and Advocacy at the Federal Level: What We Need to Do

Contact Hours: Two
Fee: None

Registration Information: You must preregister by 3 p.m. on March 18, 2026.

PowerPoint presentations will be available on the Monday prior on the President’s Lecture Series website by clicking on the title of the presentation.

This activity has been submitted to American Nurses Association Massachusetts for approval to award contact hours. American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. For more information regarding contact hours, please email presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu.