Summary
Angela Cascio currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Larson Institute for Health Impact and Equity, where she leads a team of dedicated public health professionals. In this role, she partners with federal, state and local agencies to advance community- engaged research, conduct needs assessments and evaluations and transform data into actionable strategies addressing critical public health issues. In addition to planning, Cascio’s team carries out programming and activities within public health initiatives, ensuring ideas move from design into practice.
A nurse by training, Cascio has applied her clinical expertise to public health leadership, including overseeing a clinical team that provided testing and treatment for tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections. Her nearly two decades of public health experience include extensive work with diverse and at-risk populations, ensuring programs are responsive to community needs and grounded in inclusion. Within a state health department, she held multiple leadership positions, serving as Operational Section Chief during the COVID-19 response, spearheading the development of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan and leading hospital preparedness assessments during the Ebola outbreak to evaluate readiness for high-consequence pathogens. She has also directed responses to syphilis and other infectious disease outbreaks.
Cascio’s expertise extends to managing large investigative teams for reportable conditions and overseeing programs that bridge the gap between research and practice, ensuring evidence-based solutions are translated into meaningful public health action.
Education
- Public Health Leadership and Program Management
- Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response
- Applied Epidemiology and Public Health Practice