Megan Douglas, JD earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia and a Juris Doctorate from the Georgia State University College of Law in 2012. Ms. Douglas was involved in the health law program while at Georgia State University and worked as an intern for the Supreme Court of Georgia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of the General Counsel and the Georgia Hospital Association. She also had the opportunity to observe and participate in the state legislative process for two sessions at the Georgia General Assembly. Ms. Douglas became interested in health equity through her work in the HeLP Clinic, a medical-legal partnership serving low-income families whose children were patients in the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta hospital.

Ms. Douglas is the first Health Policy Leadership Fellow law school graduate at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute. She is also a trainee in the interdisciplinary Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (GaLEND) program at Georgia State University, which involves health professionals, self-advocates and family members of people with disabilities coming together to discuss medical, education and service system improvement. Her ultimate career goal is to shape and influence health policy at the national level. Ms. Douglas was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 2012.