Current Congressional Fellows
Elmer Zapata-Mercado
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2022-2023
Congressional Office Placement:
Sen. Christopher Coons (D-DE)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Education and Health
Luyi Cheng
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2022-2023
Congressional Office Placement:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Science, Environment and Climate
Fellowship Alumni
Max Olender
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2021-2022
Congressional Office Placement:
Majority Staff, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Children and Families
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Subcommittee Chair
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Health: Innovation, Industry, Regulation, and Research
Sam Anderson
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2020-2021
Congressional Office Placement:
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY-05)
Rep. Deb Haaland until January 2021
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Defense, Environment/Energy, Homeland Security, Natural Resources, Science/Space, and Human Rights
Leah Cairns
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2019-2020
Congressional Office Placement:
Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Health and Agriculture
Hermes Taylor-Weiner
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2018-2019
Congressional Office Placement:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Health, NIH, FDA
Yasmeen Hussain
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2017-2018
Congressional Office Placement:
Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL-11)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Science, Technology, Energy, Environment, Education
Stephanie Deluca
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2016-2017
Congressional Office Placement:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Health
Randy Wadkins
Year(s) of BPS Fellowship: 2015-2016
Congressional Office Placement:
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-9)
Legislative Portfolio/Issues:
Health