Margarita Northrop, MPH, MIPA
State Health Plan Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Office of Policy and Practice Alignment
Margarita Northrop (she/her), MPH, MIPA, is the State Health Plan Coordinator at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Office of Policy and Practice Alignment (OPPA). Much of her role revolves around facilitating the implementation of the State Health Improvement Plan and supporting partner engagement in the State Health Assessment. She earned her Master of Public Health degree at the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health and Master of International Public Affairs at the UW LaFollette School of Public Affairs. Margarita has background in social, economic, and public health policy as well as community engagement and data-driven decision making. She also served as a University of Wisconsin Population Health Fellow prior to permanently joining the DHS team. Margarita’s areas of focus are social determinants of health; health equity; systems and environmental change; and bridging social, economic, and public health policy with community experiences.
