MANOA, Hawaii -- Dr. Jeffrey Okamoto, a pediatrician who works to improve the lives of islanders with developmental and intellectual disabilities, has been selected for a prestigious Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation Public Policy Fellowship.
He will leave next month for the intensive yearlong fellowship -- an opportunity to participate in public policy development. He is one of only three people in the U.S. chosen for the Kennedy program this year.
Okamoto expects to work in the office of Iowa U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. He said he does not know which bills he'll be working on, "but it should be an exciting year."
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