Lauren Eggleton
Richmond,VA
Summary
Public health policy professional with diverse research experience rooted in advancing equitable health care access and community outcomes. Passion for sustainable, data-informed systems change promoting wellbeing for all Virginians.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Policy Manager
Virginia Health Catalyst
02.2025 - Current
- Advocates and educates legislators in the Virginia General Assembly.
- Researches and designs policy solutions on topics including Medicaid defense, community water fluoridation, school-based health care delivery, and health workforce development.
- Analyzes state and federal legislative changes impacting public health programs and communicates implications.
- Evaluates the impact of existing policies on organizational goals, recommending necessary modifications to advance health equity.
- Facilitates stakeholder engagement through the Future of Public Oral Health Taskforce to gather feedback and refine policy proposals.
- Coordinated communication strategies around key policies, ensuring consistent and effective messaging.
- Developed strong relationships with external partners for collaboration on key policy initiatives.
- Manages summer policy fellow orienting the new staff member and directing their research and story collection tasks to produce final work products.
- Virginia state representative for the national Oral Health Progress and Equity Network supporting federal advocacy and collaboration between state oral health coalitions.
- Member of the National Network for Oral Health Access and the American Network of Oral Health Coalitions Policy and Advocacy Committees.
- CHIPAC board member.
Clinical Research Associate
VCU Massey Cancer Center
10.2021 - 08.2023
- Achieved data accuracy scores over 98% for all Children's Oncology Group quarterly data assessments.
- Managed portfolio of over 100 pediatric oncology research patients in active treatment and follow up protocols.
- Organized patient e-charts with source documentation from EPIC electronic medical record system.
- Submitted research data through varying database systems.
- Planned and executed biospecimen collection, processing, storage, and shipment at designated study time points.
COVID-19 Contact Tracer
Virginia Department of Health
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Served a caseload of exposed contacts of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Crater Health District cold-calling dozens of exposed individuals daily to inform of exposure and CDC guidance facilitating the delivery of essential supplies to families in need.
- Collected and entered health information for the national SARA Alert database contributing to epidemiological analysis.
- Registered and medical scribed for dozens of patients at VDH vaccination events across rural and underserved areas.
Registration Data Associate
GENETWORx
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Registered and accessioned over 100 COVID-19 tests per day for laboratory testing documenting protected health information and test data in the company database with quality assurance responsibilities over 30 other associates.
Education
Master of Public Health - Health Policy, Law, & Ethics Concentration
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA12-2024
Bachelor of Arts - Public Health: Policy & Administration Major, Rhetoric Writing Minor
Miami University
Oxford, OH05-2020
Skills
- Policy analysis & advocacy
- Research
- Data management
- Technical & creative writing
- Partner relationship management
- SAS, MySQL, iMedidata RAVE, REDCap software
- Microsoft Office & Google Workspace
- Epidemiology
- Health care economics
- Biostatistics & Health Informatics
- Health care management, leadership, & strategic planning
- Health communication
- Health program planning & evaluation
- Social media management & content creation
- CITI Human Subjects Research Training
Internship Experience
Office of Health Equity Intern, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, VA May 2024 - July 2024
- Authored a policy research brief and presented findings on rural telehealth access in Virginia to VDH Policy Roundtable with recommendations to improve rural health equity and telehealth expansion.
- Led weekly health equity journal club for VDH employees emphasizing rural health perspectives and telehealth applications.
Advocacy Intern, Vocal Virginia, Richmond, VA December 2023 - May 2024
- Advocated for mental health reform in the Virginia General Assembly focusing on reducing barrier crimes, improving access to peer and community services, protecting individual rights, and decriminalizing mental health.
- Researched active bills and created educational social media content, newsletters, and one pagers to inform the public and legislators on mental health topics.
Employee Benefits & Wellness Intern, Miami University Human Resources, Oxford, OH August 2019 - May 2020
- Organized and executed employee wellness events throughout the year and designed promotional materials.
- Authored health and wellness articles for the employee wellness newsletter during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic to support the Miami University community shift to lockdown and virtual work.
Intern, VA Department of Professional & Occupational Regulation, Glen Allen, VA May 2019 - January 2020
- Researched licensing requirements for Barbers, Cosmetologists, Audiologists, Hearing Aid Specialists, and Opticians across all 50 states and DC and drafted a policy proposal to update and balance Virginia licensing requirements.
- Created training manuals for the A.P.E.L.S.C.I.D.L.A. Board.
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, UVA Center for Behavioral Health and Technology, Charlottesville, VA September 2023 - December 2024
- Consented participants as a first point of contact for the Better Understanding Cancer Survivors trial exploring smartphone sensor data in relation to mental health utilizing REDCap database and collaborated on research paper authorship.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Miami University, Oxford, OH February 2018 - May 2018
- Performed all lab procedures investigating effects of concentrated aloe solutions on germination of Candida albicans including microscopy, culture dish and slide preparation, lab organization, and research paper development.
Timeline
Senior Policy Manager
Virginia Health Catalyst
02.2025 - Current
Clinical Research Associate
VCU Massey Cancer Center
10.2021 - 08.2023
COVID-19 Contact Tracer
Virginia Department of Health
08.2020 - 08.2021
Registration Data Associate
GENETWORx
06.2020 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Public Health: Policy & Administration Major, Rhetoric Writing Minor
Miami University
Master of Public Health - Health Policy, Law, & Ethics Concentration
University of Virginia