Maggie Davis JD MA PMP

Director, State Health Policy, ASTHO

419: ASTHO’s NC Amicus Brief, PAHPA Hill Hearing
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419: ASTHO’s NC Amicus Brief, PAHPA Hill Hearing

May 12, 2023

Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, explains an amicus brief ASTHO filed in a North Carolina court case; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO’s Senior Director of Government Affairs, reports on progress with the reauthori…

418: Post-Emergency Plans, Americorps Investment
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418: Post-Emergency Plans, Americorps Investment

May 11, 2023

The public health emergency ends today; ASTHO CEO Dr. Mike Fraser says ASTHO members are prepared; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, explains that public health is adopting emergency measures into local …

415: Burnout Advice, Policy Wins
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415: Burnout Advice, Policy Wins

May 8, 2023

Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic, says self-care alone is not a solution to employee fatigue; Moss will speak at ASTHO’s TechXpo and Futures Forum later this month, where online tickets remain available; Maggie …

410: Early Legislative Actions, Implement Data Systems Now
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410: Early Legislative Actions, Implement Data Systems Now

May 1, 2023

Maggie Davis, ASTHO Director of State Health Policy, discusses policies that have been considered or approved across the country since January;  Dr. Gabriel Seidman, Director of Policy at the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute fo…

385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches
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385: ASTHO Budget Pitch, Workforce Policy Approaches

March 27, 2023

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, testifies before a House appropriations subcommittee in Washington D.C. seeking sustainable and flexible public health funding; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director …

271: Minnesota Eyes Maternal Disparities
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271: Minnesota Eyes Maternal Disparities

Sept. 27, 2022

Dr. Brooke Cunningham, Assistant Commissioner for the Health Equity Bureau with the Minnesota Department of Health, details a report that examined maternal deaths from 2017 to 2018; an ASTHO blog article explains how states …

243: Predicting COVID-19 in the Fall
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243: Predicting COVID-19 in the Fall

Aug. 17, 2022

Dylan George, the Director of Operations for the Center for Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics with the CDC, discusses what could happen with COVID-19 infection rates in the fall and winter; Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Di…

242: New Data on Public Health Authority
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242: New Data on Public Health Authority

Aug. 16, 2022

Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, discusses a project to survey recent changes in laws governing public health authority; Dr. Harry Chen, the former Commissioner of Health for Vermont, tells us about som…

99: Rethinking School Discipline Part 1
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99: Rethinking School Discipline Part 1

Jan. 18, 2022

Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, provides an overview of a new ASTHO report about restorative justice in schools; Annie Evans, a senior analyst of disability integration and preparedness at ASTHO, marks…

87: 2022 Public Health Policy Agenda
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87: 2022 Public Health Policy Agenda

Dec. 17, 2021

ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says even though everyone is tired of the pandemic, we can’t give up fighting the virus now; ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser, along with two other public health leaders, says the pandemic…

58: School Mask Lawsuits
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58: School Mask Lawsuits

Nov. 1, 2021

Maggie Davis, ASTHO’s Director of State Health Policy, examines the flurry of lawsuits and court orders resulting from legislative and executive prohibitions of school masking policies; Lindsey Myers, ASTHO’s Vice President …