Dr. Anna Goodman Hoover is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, where she teaches undergraduate courses in public health preparedness. A social scientist with research expertise in health and risk communication, Dr. Hoover is co-principal investigator and deputy director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded National Health Security Preparedness Index program management office, which oversees annual production of the Index – an important tool for better understanding U.S. and state-level preparedness to address large-scale public health threats. In addition, she serves as co-leader of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences-funded UK Superfund Research Center Research Translation Core, where she works with stakeholder groups to improve mutual understandings of environmental health issues, translating research outcomes at community, policy, and provider levels. Dr. Hoover's research focuses on using stakeholder-centered communication, public engagement, and evidence-based dissemination to improve population health.