Melissa Thibodeau

Melissa Thibodeau is an assistant project director at the Georgia Health Policy Center. Her interests include promoting equity in healthcare and finding solutions that address the whole person through analyzing and utilizing data to develop innovative solutions, creating partnerships, and spreading knowledge and experience.

Thibodeau brings with her expertise in data management and analysis, rural health, building partnerships in and among rural communities, developing rural networks, writing grants, and strategic program development and implementation, including programs utilizing community health workers.

At the center, Thibodeau will co-lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of a community of practice for the Georgia Department of Public Health Statewide Health Equity Initiative.