Senior Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
AMCHP
Washington, DC
Laura Powis serves as the Senior Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on the Evidence and Implementation Team at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP). In this role, Laura provides technical assistance, support, and instruction to MCH professionals and advocates on topics related to equitable evidence utilization and generation, implementation science, and programmatic best practices. She co-leads AMCHP's Evidence-Informed Policy Initiative, leads the Innovation Hub Learning Community, serves as a coach for Replication Project grantees, and supports Innovation Hub, an online platform that provides professionals with evidence-related resources including the MCH Innovations Database, a searchable repository of “what’s working” in the field of MCH that includes practices and policies grounded in evidence. Laura also serves as the Core Manager for the Evidence-Based Decision Making Core and a Coach for the National MCH Workforce Development Center and supports the Policy Core of the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. She has a Bachelor of Science in Human Development from Cornell University and a Master of Public Health in Maternal and Child 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.
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Monday, May 8, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CST