Healthcare Policy Program Announces 2024-2025 Grossman Fellow
The Healthcare Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that it has named Claire Morton, MD, as its 2024-2025 Grossman Fellow.
Claire Morton, MD
Master in Public Policy Candidate, 2026
Claire Morton is a second year general surgery resident at Yale New Haven Hospital with an interest in trauma and critical care. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Morton’s research focuses on improving the care delivered to older adult surgical patients and to all patients approaching the end of their lives. Dr. Morton has conducted prior research and policy work through the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Hospital, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and the Congressional Offices of Congressman John Sarbanes.
Dr. Morton holds an M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, cum laude, where she was inducted into AOA, the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received the David R Gens Shock Trauma Scholarship, the Department of Surgery Humanism in Surgery Award, and the Joanne Hatem MD Memorial Prize. She holds a Bachelors of Arts from Duke University where she designed an interdisciplinary major titled “What It Means to Die: The Biopsychosocial Process of Aging and Death” capstoned with a distinction thesis focused on narrative medicine techniques at the end of life. Dr. Morton intends to spend her career in service of advancing clinical excellence, conducting research to advance the field of surgical palliative care, and supporting policy change to improve the care delivered to older adults and those approaching the end of life.
Returning Fellow
Sherry Yang
Master in Public Policy Candidate, 2025 (at Harvard Medical School 2024-2025)
Sherry Yang is a rising fourth-year student at Harvard Medical School. As a proud Taiwanese-American, Sherry is passionate about building capacity and expanding access for marginalized populations. She has co-created community-led quality improvement models in Uganda, engineered sustainable water filtration systems in Honduras, consulted for pharmaceutical and biotech companies based around the world, and organized mutual aid for people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity in Boston. Sherry now leads initiatives to engage immigrant communities most harmed by COVID-19. Her current research advocates for the development of language-concordant systems and builds frameworks to mitigate unequal costs of care. In her free time, she enjoys soaking in the sun, vibing to alternative R&B, and savoring new foods from hole-in-the-wall eateries.