Policy Associate
National Academy for State Health Policy
Allie Atkeson joined NASHP in June 2020 as a Policy Associate where she works with state leaders on projects related to Medicaid, maternal and perinatal health, social determinants of health, oral health and health equity. Atkeson began her public health career as an AmeriCorps Health Educator with the Latin American Youth Center, and worked for five years to advance public health policy in Virginia prior to graduate school. Atkeson has a BA in Sociology from the University of Mary Washington and a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.