Allison Thomas

Allison works as a Consultant Public Health Nurse in The Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention at the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. The Bureau’s mission is to protect health by promoting healthy environments and health equity by developing policies and programs to prevent illnesses, injuries, and death. As a nurse within the Healthy Homes Program, Allison provides care coordination for lead-exposed children. She also coordinates follow-up medical care with providers and home-visits to identify lead hazards with inspectors, as well as educate families on ways to limit lead exposures. Allison provides information to the public and medical community on lead poisoning prevention.

With an annual budget of $3 billion and 7,000 employees, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is one of the largest public health agencies in the world. It is also one of the nation’s oldest public health agencies, with more than 200 years of leadership in the field. The agency protects and promotes the health of more than 8.8 million New Yorkers by using science, equity and compassion.