Amy currently oversees projects for the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Heath Analysis, including the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub), funded by HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP). Recently, she managed a contract to provide research, monitoring, and evaluation support for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support (CSTLTS (now PHIC)).

Amy previously co-directed the Performance Improvement Management System (PIMS) for HHS OMH. She led PIMS in multiple roles to strengthen and institutionalize OMH efforts to ensure evaluation results and performance data guided program and policy decision-making to improve health outcomes.

Amy also managed a study for CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control conducting formative research exploring the challenges in diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rural areas, the results of which were published in The Journal of Rural Health and Rural and Remote Health.

While at NORC, and previously at the National Association of Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA), Amy administered the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) TBI Technical Assistance Center by supporting HRSA and its grant programs to improve service delivery, establish policy, and secure financial support for lasting systems change. She worked closely with HRSA to identify emerging issues and trends to facilitate multifaceted technical assistance and product development. Amy further assisted the HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs to examine the landscape of federal agency activities related to TBI, increase communication among various TBI programs, and advance the mission of each organization engaged with TBI.