Research Associate, ETSU College of Public Health Center for Rural Health and Research
EDUCATION
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Doctor of Public Health (Health Services Policy and Management), 2024
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE
Master of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), 2019
Bachelor of Science (Communications), 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Graduate Teaching Assistant
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH AND RESEARCH
Graduate Research Assistant
NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIVISION
Health Policy Intern
CDC FOUNDATION
Project Firstline (Infection Prevention) Coordinator
Epidemiologist
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
Intern
RESEARCH FOCUS
Rural health, health care quality and access, Medicare and Medicaid, aging populations
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Balio, C. P., Galler, N., Meit, M., Hale, N., & Beatty, K. E. (2023). Rising to Meet the Moment: What Does the Public Health Workforce Need to Modernize?. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 29(Suppl 1), S107–S115. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001624
Galler N, Balio CP, Huang Q, Beatty K. The Rural Nursing Home Landscape. 2024. National Rural Health Association. https://www.ruralhealth.us/nationalruralhealth/media/documents/advocacy/white%20paper/rural-nursing-home-landscape-white-paper-final.pdf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaQRN0ikMocrUcXQeGRzgeuMRSH0MKxHFrFEwnClhWbMrnckr0EOH92Fkc_aem_AYEOkji1mNBJeF4TarJTi6ijiBE6O-BMTOuDtSvb078n6nHkCrZtQ07I8XQbo5R39ElY93qoJMaA854rlDuvdPOl
Balio CP, Galler N, Mathis S, Francisco M, Morrison C, Meit M, Pack R, Beatty K. Use of the Area Deprivation
Index and Rural Applications in the Peer-Reviewed Literature. (2024).
https://www.etsu.edu/cph/rural-health-equity/documents/rherc_030724.pdf
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Travel, cooking, gardening, yoga, and spending time with my family.