Christina Mu is a PhD candidate in the School of Aging Studies at University of South Florida. Mu’s research focuses on the individual and joint associations of sleep health and pain on health and well-being outcomes; her dissertation is funded by NIH/NHLBI F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. As a GSA Summer Policy Intern, she worked on various tasks related to provisions for the Older Americans Act, reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, climate change and aging, Medicare Advantage outcomes, and reframing aging. 

Haley Gallo Sutherland, PhD, is a researcher at Mathematica, where she contributes to a range of technical assistance and research projects focused on integrating care for people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and using Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS). Her work centers on providing states with technical assistance to better integrate Medicare and Medicaid, identifying and filling gaps in states’ HCBS programs, and helping states transition people from institutional settings back to their communities. She analyzes state Medicaid policies to inform federal guidance, presents at webinars and trainings, and develops written resources on various topics for state Medicaid agencies. Her interests focus on studying and improving social and medical programs that enable older adults and people with disabilities to remain in their communities. She earned her doctoral degree in gerontology from the University of Southern California and joined Mathematica in 2022.