Laura Layne

Laura Layne, MSN, MPH, is a Registered Nurse with almost 20 years of experience in nursing and public health. She serves as the Women’s Health Director at the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and in this role is responsible for statewide programs to improve maternal and infant care including leading the Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative to implement equitable, data-driven quality improvement initiatives. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Nurse for Quality Improvement in the Office of Nursing at DPH and has a Lean Six Sigma green belt certification. She is a former Global Service Corps volunteer and has a strong clinical background in primary care and public health nursing. Since 2006, she has maintained an adjunct faculty and clinical instructor position at the Emory University School of Nursing and for the last five years has served as the Co-Director of the Farm Worker Family Health Program. Her educational background includes a dual Master’s degree in Public Health and Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Emory University, and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Spanish from Auburn University.