Dr. Casey Balio is a Research Assistant Professor in the ETSU Center for Rural Health and Research and the Department of Health Services Management and Policy. Her research focuses on the intersection of rural health, health policy, and public health. She is also a member of the Consortium for Workforce Research in Public Health (CWORPH), focused on public health systems and workforce research, and the ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center (RHERC), focused on conducting policy-relevant, rural health research.