YHeLPS
The Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), the student arm of the Center, serves as a central hub for health-related programming at the Law School. YHeLPS invites speakers, plans career information sessions and networking events, helps organize experiential learning opportunities like the medical-legal partnership, and coordinates with other health organizations throughout Yale University. The student directors of YHeLPS play an active role in shaping the organization’s mission and developing new programs.
2026-27 YHeLPS Board
Zander Blitzer
Zander Blitzer is passionate about reproductive rights and justice and is proud to serve as one of the Reproductive Rights Chairs for YHeLPS this year. She is from Westport, Connecticut, and holds a B.A. in History (Honors) and Early Modern Studies from Brown University. Most recently, she worked across New York City in public, private, and governmental capacities as a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs. Prior to that, she conducted legal research on India’s 2013 workplace sexual harassment law as a Fulbright Grantee in Bangalore, India, and served in the Biden-Harris Administration at the Gender Policy Council, focusing on family economic security and women’s health.
Rose Conlon
Rose Conlon is interested in the intersections of health law, public policy, and reproductive health. Prior to law school, she spent several years as an investigative journalist covering health, politics, and religion for Kansas NPR affiliates. While there, her reporting on reproductive rights and rural health care access earned her the Harvard Shorenstein Center’s David Nyhan Emerging Talent Journalism Prize. Previously, she was a producer for American Public Media’s Marketplace Morning Report. She holds a B.A. in English from Scripps College and is originally from Washington state.
Eva Frankel
Eva Frankel earned a B.S. in Bioengineering from Stanford University in 2020 with Honors in International Security Studies. Prior to matriculating at Yale Law School, Eva worked at biotechnology companies developing next-generation sequencing platforms. In that role, she guided the development of software products supporting genomic research and clinical applications, working closely with scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to bring new technologies to market. She spent this past summer at the New York State Office of the Attorney General in their Health Care Bureau, where she worked on matters affecting the health and well-being of New Yorkers.
Arielle Galinsky
Arielle Galinsky graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in 2024 with a B.S. in Biopsychology and Community Health. Arielle is the Co-Founder & CEO of The Legacy Project, Inc., a national nonprofit that connects younger and older adults in their communities for mutual storytelling, uplifting and documenting life stories. She also co-founded Changemakers in Aging, a group that unites students and young professionals from multi-disciplinary backgrounds who are interested in aging. Arielle, a current MPP/JD candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and Yale Law School, is committed to advancing aging policy reform at both the state and national levels.
Adam Lerner
Adam Lerner holds a B.A. in philosophy and psychology from the College of William & Mary and a PhD in philosophy from Princeton University. Before law school, he held positions in the Center for Population-Level Bioethics at Rutgers University, the Philosophy Department at Princeton University, and the Center for Bioethics at New York University. His interests in health law focus on lifestyle medicine, reproductive choice, end-of-life decision-making, pandemic prevention, pandemic preparedness, antimicrobial resistance, and the human-animal interface.
Shreya Nair
Shreya Nair is a 2L at Yale Law School from Winchester, Massachusetts and a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. in Government and Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2024). She is passionate about healthcare reform and intersections between science and law. Shreya has previously worked as a Fulbright Scholar researching neurolaw and privacy, with the National Women’s Law Center on democracy and women's rights, and with the New York Civil Liberties Union on disability policy. Shreya also is a massive opera and musical theater fan, enjoys collecting different types of tea, and used to be a competitive Pokémon player.
Danielle Pacia
Danielle M. Pacia is interested in Medicaid policy and the regulation of novel interventions. Before law school, Danielle worked for five years as a Research Associate at the health policy and bioethics think tank The Hastings Center. There, she conducted research on the ethical and regulatory issues surrounding AI and novel genomic therapies, as well as on access and health equity issues related to community health centers. Danielle earned her Master of Bioethics from Harvard University and her Bachelor of Arts in Bioethics from The University of Alabama. During the summer of 2026, she worked at the Tennessee Justice Center, where she supported litigation and advocacy related to healthcare in the state.
Erica Wang
Erica Wang is passionate about health law, with interests in mental health law, pharmaceuticals, and the business of healthcare. Before law school, Erica worked at a mental health startup focused on health promotion and destigmatization. Prior to that role, she spent several years serving life sciences and public sector clients as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. She earned a B.S. in Economics from Duke University and is from Hershey, Pennsylvania.