LAS Career Coffee Chat with Kristina Hamilton, Paving a Career in Health Policy and Administration
October 12, 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for this LAS Career Coffee Chat where we will be conducting an informational interview with Kristina Hamilton, Director of Advocacy for Illinois and Iowa for the American Lung Association. The American Lung Association is a 115-year-old organization dedicated to saving lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.
Originally from a suburb of Washington, DC, Kristina earned her bachelor’s degree in history and African American Studies at the University of Virginia and her master’s degree in health policy and administration at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Based in Chicago, Kristina leads all public policy efforts in Illinois and Iowa related to lung health issues, including tobacco use prevention and control, healthcare access, air quality, and lung disease treatment and awareness.
Since beginning her full-time work with the Lung Association in 2014, Kristina’s legislative successes include helping to: pass a law to require Illinois Medicaid to cover tobacco cessation counseling; garner new state funding for lung cancer screening in Illinois; defend the landmark Smoke Free Illinois Act and the Iowa Smokefree Air Act; protect state tobacco control and prevention funding; and pass laws requiring radon testing and allowing emergency asthma medication in Iowa schools.
Date posted
Sep 29, 2022
Date updated
Sep 29, 2022