Overview
Anna Larson draws upon her 10 years of experience as a public health researcher and health policy professional when helping health care and life sciences companies develop strategies to shape domestic and global policies.
As an Advisor on health policy and strategy, Anna provides guidance to clients on U.S. and global health policy and public health issues and helps them develop and implement effective strategies to reach their business and public health objectives. She advises biopharmaceutical manufacturers, industry organizations, governments, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders.
Previously, Anna served as a Senior Health Policy Associate of Global Vaccines Public Policy and Partnerships at a multinational biopharmaceutical company, where she led policy research, analysis, and strategy development on key issues impacting the health of global vaccine markets. Prior to that, she worked as a public health researcher for academic institutions in the United States and Peru. In these roles, she provided technical direction and oversight for global health research projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia across a breadth of key focus areas, including infectious disease clinical research, vaccine policy, and implementation science.
Anna has authored manuscripts published in journals such as Vaccine, BMJ Global Health, Pediatrics, PLoS One, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics and has spoken on global health-related topics to advance strategies to solve some of today’s biggest public health challenges.
Focus Areas
Credentials
Education
- Boston University, School of Public Health (M.P.H., 2016)
- Tufts University (B.A., 2013)
Languages
- Spanish
Events
Past Events
- May 8-10, 2024
- 17th Annual Vaccine Congress: Expanding Vaccination Provider Types and Administration Sites Can Increase Vaccination Uptake: A Systematic Literature Review of the Evidence Outside the US
- 16th Annual Vaccine Congress: Development of a Revised “Barriers to Care” Conceptual Framework and Its Application to Vaccination Policy and Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Academy Health Research Conference: Promising Practices to Recover and Enhance Routine Immunization Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from an Environmental Scan of Country-Level Policy and Programmatic Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference: Identifying Preventable Underlying Circumstances That Led to Infant Death in Lusaka, Zambia: An Extended Approach to the Three Delays Model
- RSV Symposium 2018: RSV-Associated Respiratory Deaths Among Zambian Infants: An Interim Analysis of the First Year of the Zambia Pertussis RSV Infant Mortality Estimation (ZPRIME) Study
- 13th International Conference on HIV Treatment, Prevention, Adherence: The Effects of Real-Time Feedback on Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women
- 12th International Conference on HIV Treatment, Prevention, Adherence: Barriers to Retention in Care and ART Adherence Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Uganda: Qualitative Results of the Wisemama Study
- Vietnamese National Scientific Conference on HIV/AIDS: The Mobile Continuing Medical Education Project
Insights
Insights
- PublicationsSchool-Entry Vaccine Policies: States’ Responses to Federal Recommendations Varied from Swift to Substantially ...5 minute read
- PublicationsSilent Consequences of COVID-19: Why It’s Critical to Recover Routine Vaccination Rates Through Equitable Vaccine ...
- PublicationsAddressing an Urgent Global Public Health Need: Strategies to Recover Routine Vaccination During the COVID-19 Pandemic ...
- Publications
Verbal Autopsies for Out-of-Hospital Infant Deaths in Zambia, Pediatrics
- Publications
Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for COVID-19 - Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results, The New England Journal of Medicine
- PublicationsRetention in HIV Care Among HIV-Seropositive Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Uganda: Results of a Randomized Controlled ...
- Publications
Under-5 Mortality Reduction in Peru, Exemplars in Global Health Report
- PublicationsMotivating HIV Providers in Vietnam to Learn: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a Mobile Health Continuing Medical Education ...
- Publications
Maternal Vaccine Knowledge in Low- and Middle-Income Countries—and Why It Matters, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
- PublicationsmCME Project “Version 2.0”: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Revised SMS-Based Continuing Medical Education ...
- Publications“When You Are Injected, the Baby Is Protected:” Assessing the Acceptability of a Maternal Tdap Vaccine Based on ...
- PublicationsBenefits and Limitations of Text Messages to Stimulate Higher Learning Among Community Providers: Participants' Views of ...
- PublicationsIncidence of Severe and Non-Severe Pertussis Among HIV Exposed and Unexposed Zambian Infants from Birth Through 14 Weeks of ...