Joann Kang serves as the Team Lead for Policy and Partnerships within Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention. Within this capacity, she oversees partnership engagement and policy activities related to the public health topics that fall within the division’s purview, including opioid overdose prevention. Prior to joining CDC, Joann practiced as a public interest lawyer and also worked as a policy analyst/lobbyist on children’s health issues for a nonprofit organization. Kang received her bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her law degree from Emory University School of Law.