Full Name
Anne Zink
Job Title
Senior Clinical Fellow
Company
Yale
Speaker Bio
Dr. Zink is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician in Palmer, Alaska, as well as a public health leader dedicated to developing innovative public health strategies, implementing data-driven health solutions, and advocating for health improvements at local, tribal, territorial, state, and national levels.
She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Yale School of Public Health, where she focuses on health data visualization, teaching, and mentoring to prepare the next generation of public health leaders.
Dr. Zink also serves as a Public Health Senior Advisor to the Pew Charitable Trust and collaborates with various agencies, including serving on the steering committee for the Common Health Coalition and the Biosecurity Game Changer Coalition.
From 2018 to 2024, she served as the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, leading the state through the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other initiatives. Her work included reorganizing the Department of Health and Social Services, building the Healthy Alaskans initiative, launching the state’s Complex Care System to streamline government services for patients, and developing new programs to address pressing health issues, from tuberculosis to youth mental health.
Dr. Zink is also the immediate past president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), where she represented public health leaders from all 50 states and U.S. territories, fostering collaboration and advocating for policy changes during a time of rapid transformation in public health.
Originally from Denver, Colorado, Dr. Zink holds a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and an M.D. from Stanford University. She completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of Utah, served as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and was a longtime instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Yale School of Public Health, where she focuses on health data visualization, teaching, and mentoring to prepare the next generation of public health leaders.
Dr. Zink also serves as a Public Health Senior Advisor to the Pew Charitable Trust and collaborates with various agencies, including serving on the steering committee for the Common Health Coalition and the Biosecurity Game Changer Coalition.
From 2018 to 2024, she served as the Chief Medical Officer for the State of Alaska, leading the state through the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other initiatives. Her work included reorganizing the Department of Health and Social Services, building the Healthy Alaskans initiative, launching the state’s Complex Care System to streamline government services for patients, and developing new programs to address pressing health issues, from tuberculosis to youth mental health.
Dr. Zink is also the immediate past president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), where she represented public health leaders from all 50 states and U.S. territories, fostering collaboration and advocating for policy changes during a time of rapid transformation in public health.
Originally from Denver, Colorado, Dr. Zink holds a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and an M.D. from Stanford University. She completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of Utah, served as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and was a longtime instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
