Assistant Director of Health Communication
Christopher Casey
MPH
As Assistant Director of Health Communication, Casey provides creative leadership and expertise in materials and media development to support HLM's health literacy, health communication, and training programs.
Casey's education and experience combine art and science in the service of bringing reach, clarity, and impact to health communication and promotion. Casey has led or contributed to the development of a wide variety of creative media, including websites, interactive data dashboards, social media content, videos, illustrated storybooks, a wide variety of print materials, and more. Casey is interested in helping our partners build health literacy into both their communication media and their organizations’ processes and culture.
Prior to coming to HLM, Casey led graphic and information design services for research programs that developed and evaluated communication-based strategies to improve the public’s health. With funding from federal and foundation grants, these programs focused on populations most impacted by health disparities. Between a 15-year career in research and starting at HLM, Casey served as managing editor for an alumni magazine with a circulation of more than 10,000.
Casey holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Saint Louis University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia.