Senior Scientist & Chief of Staff
Center for Outbreak Response Innovation, Johns Hopkins University
Alison Kelly is a Senior Scientist at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and serves as the Chief of Staff at the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation. Ms. Kelly has over 3 decades of public health experience, serving in a variety of leadership roles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) both domestically and globally. She retired from Federal service in 2023, from her post in Brazil, where she served as CDC’s Deputy Regional Director for South America and helped establish the South America Modeling and Outbreak Analytics Community of Practice. Ms. Kelly was the founding Deputy Director of CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics and the Director of CDC’s Office of Appropriations for 5 years. She also served in CDC’s offices in Beijing, China and Washington DC. She led the development of CDC’s annual budget submission for fiscal years 2018-2022 and oversaw COVID-19 budget policy for over $60 billion in supplemental funding. Ms. Kelly earned a master’s degree in international and public affairs from the University of California San Diego, and a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College. Ms. Kelly also serves as a consultant to Renaissance Philanthropies, advising them on the development of a Public Health Intelligence and Analytics Laboratory (Phial).
Expertise:
Federal budget policy and processes
Legislative analysis
Public health program development
Public health emergency response
Decision support
Global health
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose.
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