Liz Ryan is a senior communication program manager who has been with AED since 1996. She has worked on a range of public health issues, including childhood and pre-teen immunization, HIV/AIDS, family planning, breastfeeding, and fire safety. Her areas of expertise include behavior change communication, formative research, materials development, training, and project management.

Liz currently manages AED’s work on the CDC’s national Pre-teen Vaccine Campaign. Ms. Ryan has provided input for the development of the campaign’s print materials and has coordinated the materials’ Spanish translation and pre-testing through focus groups and mall intercepts. She has overseen partnership and media outreach efforts, including media round tables, a bilingual radio media tour, and direct media pitching. She is currently working on the production of public service announcements and the adaptation of campaign materials for Asian and Native American parents.

Liz provides technical support for the Immunization Coalitions Technical Assistance Network, where her work has included the development and facilitation of social marketing trainings, the revamping of the Network Web site, writing of Web site content, and process evaluation. In addition, she recently developed a comprehensive Volunteer Tool Kit for the Meals on Wheels Association of America, with funding from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The Tool Kit, which focused on fire safety for older adults, included three different training curricula, a home assessment tool, and educational materials for Meals on Wheels clients.

During her first ten years with AED, Liz provided management and technical assistance for public health communication projects in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the former Soviet Union.

Liz holds a master’s degree in public health from Emory University and a bachelor’s degree in French from Georgetown University. Prior to joining AED, she worked as a research consultant for Population Services International, where she co-authored a chapter about barrier methods for STD prevention for the clinical reference manual Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In addition, she worked on an international child health program at John Snow, Inc. Liz speaks both French and Spanish, and in her free time she helps teach English to Hispanic immigrants in the local community.