
Public Health
Governors play an important role in improving health outcomes for their residents. With an emphasis on finding equitable solutions to some of the most pressing public health issues, governors establish partnerships, utilize state resources, and work across multiple sectors and state agencies to develop and promote relationships to improve public health. The Public Health team supports Governors on various public health topics, including public health infrastructure, chronic and infectious diseases, population health, maternal and child health, and rural health. In addition to providing timely and individualized state-focused technical assistance to governors, their health advisors, and state agency leadership, our team is working to aid governors and public health leaders in statewide transformation efforts to build and improve public health through transformation efforts.
Our Focus Areas
- Chronic Disease
- COVID-19
- Infectious Disease
- Population Health
Meet the Team
- Brittney Roy, Program Director
- Michelle LeBlanc, Senior Policy Analyst, Health
- Eden Moore, Public Health Associate
- Taylor Shelton, Public Health Associate
- Abigail Smith, Policy Coordinator
Learning Labs
- 2022 State Strategies on Managing the Type 2 Diabetes Landscape
- 2021-2022 Vaccine with Confidence Learning Lab
- 2019 Addressing Infectious Diseases Related to Substance Use
- 2018 Addressing the Infectious Disease Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic
NGA Public Health Library

Messaging in a Bottle: Evaluating Behavioral Insights to Build Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence
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State Strategies to Support Marketplace Plan Enrollment as the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement Winds Down
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Governors’ Health and Humans Services Policy Advisors Institute 2022
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Modernizing the U.S. public health system
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State Strategies on Preventing and Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A State Playbook
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Governor Murphy Introduces Chair’s Initiative: Strengthening Youth Mental Health Care
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NGA 2022 Summer Meeting
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Maximizing Impact: State Strategies to Manage and Prevent HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB
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