Select Health Equity Efforts
DPAC Champion
Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition (DPAC)
2021- ongoing
One of the national level advocates driving legislative priorities around patient affordable insulin, pharmacy benefit manager reform, and preventative weight management programs.
COVID vaccine access for type 1 diabetes
Get T1D the COVID Vax,
Spring 2021
Built a successful campaign from the ground up to have type 1 diabetes included at the same level as type 2 for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in Massachusetts. (NYT article with quote)
Legislative Funding for Cancer Priorities
American Cancer Society Celebration on the Hill
2002, 2006
Successfully lobbied for congressional support of the Legislative Cancer Promise's funding priorities.
Smokefree Restaurants and Bars
Coalition for Tobacco Free North Shore (MTCP partnership)
2000-2001
Directed pivotal grassroots smoke-free workplaces campaign that resulted in positive local election followed by passage of statewide laws.
US Coast Guard Licensing for people with type 1 diabetes
1989-1993
Changed federal regulations to allow people with diabetes to obtain original United States Coast Guard licensing to work on merchant ships.