Senior Analyst, State Health Policy
CurrentI provide policy support to ASTHO staff by tracking and analyzing state legislation, identifying and analyzing emerging public health policies and strategies, and developing and sharing resources for evidence-based and evidence-informed laws and policies impacting public health. Some recent projects include policy academies on breastfeeding, maternal & child health, and food safety, as well as legislative research and policy analysis on public health infrastructure. I also lead an internal workgroup demonstrating how different policy levers work together to form the policy landscape for a particular public health issue, and manage the Health Policy Update blog which highlights key health policy issues in the states.