Andrea Strahan

Andrea Strahan has experience translating public health research into policy and funding strategies at the federal, state, and local levels. She has expertise in injury and chronic disease prevention. Her research examines the impact of public policies and health system interventions on health outcomes, healthcare access, and utilization.  

She previously led a team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Healthy Aging Branch that implemented national public health surveillance initiatives and conducted applied research around Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, arthritis, and caregiving. Prior to that she worked on health systems research in the Division of Overdose Prevention, with a focus on policies impacting high-risk prescribing patterns. Andrea is experienced using nationally representative and real-world data sources, including medical and pharmaceutical claims. At CDC, she successfully led large-scale public health informatics projects with pharmaceutical data.  

Prior to joining the CDC, Andrea collaborated on research examining the impacts of Medicaid expansion on women’s health, social determinants of health and maternal mortality, and school-based health centers on healthcare utilization.

She completed a postdoctoral Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness fellowship at the CDC. She holds a doctorate in health services research and health policy from Emory University, a master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree from Emory University.