Health Policy and Equity

Jessica Lehmann is an associate teaching professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University, past president of the Central District of the Arizona Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and a co-faculty advisor of CULTIVATE, the student-led gardening club at the Downtown Phoenix campus.

Maureen McCoy, an associate teaching professor within the College of Health Solutions, has been a dedicated educator at ASU since 2014. Serving as the program director for the dietetic internship program, she also fulfills the role of faculty advisor for the Pitchfork Pantry, a food pantry catering to ASU students in the College of Health Solutions. Beyond ASU, Maureen is actively engaged as a board member of HonorHealth Desert Mission Food Bank and the Wesley Foundation. Additionally, she contributes as a member of the Arizona Academy of Pediatrics Food Insecurity Consortium and leads the Higher Education Food Security Coalition. Maureen's research interests encompass child and school nutrition, health policy and equity, and food insecurity. 

Swapna Reddy is a clinical associate professor at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions. At Arizona State University, Dr. Reddy teaches students in undergraduate and graduate coursework. She serves as medical studies faculty at Arizona State University’s Barrett, the Honors College. Additionally, she is an adjunct assistant professor in health care administration at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Arizona and a monthly contributor on Arizona PBS. Dr. Reddy was recently named as a Fulbright Specialist and her primary research interests are how law and policy can be utilized as tools to improve population health and health outcomes, reduce health disparities and inequities.

Shambhavi Mishra is a dedicated advocate of health equity and improving health outcomes for our local communities. She received her master's degree in science of health care delivery from Arizona State University in 2023 and currently serves as the academic project coordinator for Honor Health in their Academic Affairs Department. Her research interests include addressing needs in pediatric and cardiac medicine, public health policy and equity.