Jennifer Layden MD PhD

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Senior Vice President, Population Health and Innovation, ASTHO

Former Director, Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology, CDC

1119: How PopHIVE Is Rewiring Public Health Intelligence
May 5, 2026

1119: How PopHIVE Is Rewiring Public Health Intelligence

Much of the data public health leaders need already exists, but it just isn’t accessible as it could be. Today, we’ll hear about a new platform aiming to unlock the full potential of population health data. Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO past president and a senior fellow at the Yale School of Public Health,…
1113: Data Modernization Is a Long Game: Progress, Partnerships, and Policy
April 27, 2026

1113: Data Modernization Is a Long Game: Progress, Partnerships, and Policy

Public health data modernization isn’t a quick fix; it’s a multi-decade transformation. In this episode, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation, Jen Layden, talks about the real progress happening across the country and the persistent challenges that remain. Drawing from i…
1078: Inside the Public Health Data Consortium
March 2, 2026

1078: Inside the Public Health Data Consortium

What if public health agencies could access better, faster, and more complete data without giving up control? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jen Layden, senior vice president of population and innovation at ASTHO, to e...
1026: Best of PHRME: Public Health Data, Noise Exposure, and Community Resilience
Nov. 10, 2025

1026: Best of PHRME: Public Health Data, Noise Exposure, and Community Resilience

On today’s Best Of PHRME episode, we revisit an interview with ASTHO's Jennifer Layden, senior vice president for population health and innovation, who discusses how states are advancing data modernization and building creative partnerships to strengthen public health.
988: New Data Modernization Expertise, Hearing Loss and Public Health
Sept. 11, 2025

988: New Data Modernization Expertise, Hearing Loss and Public Health

Dr. Jen Layden, senior vice president for population health and innovation at ASTHO, discusses her previous experience in data modernization and what’s to come as she takes on her new role; Dr. Rick Neitzel, professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public H…
705: BREAKING NEWS - New Centers to Support Agency Data Modernization Work
July 12, 2024

705: BREAKING NEWS - New Centers to Support Agency Data Modernization Work

Dr. Jennifer Layden, director of the Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology at CDC, tells us about CDC’s investment into the new Implementation Center program; Tabatha Offutt-Powell, ASTHO vice president of Public Health Data...