Anna M. Localio, MPH (she/her/hers)

PhD Candidate
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States

Anna Localio is a PhD candidate in health services at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Her during her time as a PhD student has focused on evaluating the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal universal free school meals policy, and its impacts on child health outcomes. Through her research, Anna aims to inform state and federal policy decision-making, with the goal of reducing health disparities and improving population health. After graduating, she plans to use her PhD to study how nutrition assistance policies can address leading causes of chronic disease and how implementation of
such policies can be improved to better serve low-income Americans.

Presentation(s):

• Food-based Programs and Interventions: Lessons Learned From Produce Rx to Federal Food Programs (Oral 35)

  Tuesday, July 2, 2024
  10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (OR35-03-24) Characteristics Associated With School Participation in the Community Eligibility Provision: 2014-2020

  Tuesday, July 2, 2024
  10:24 AM – 10:36 AM CT

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.