Isabella Izquierdo

Isabella supports Lewis-Burke clients by closely tracking and researching federal agency funding opportunities, congressional updates, and legislative activity. At the firm, she focuses on agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the National Science Foundation (NSF), among others. Isabella’s background in biological science and research has provided her with a unique perspective on how scientific research can often influence policy and has allowed her to pursue her passion of bridging the intersection of experimental research and its direct impacts on public health.

Issue Areas: Biomedical research, social determinants, global health, public health, social science, and arts and humanities.

Additional Information: Prior to joining Lewis-Burke Associates, Isabella interned with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) where she spent a summer working on an NIH-funded R01 study focused on maternal health and drug abuse. It was here that she found her passion for public health policy. During her time abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, Isabella joined a public health program where she frequently met with different non-profits, research facilities, and social services working to solve issues such as, but not limited to, homelessness, drug abuse, and mental health. Most recently, Isabella worked with the Florida Department of Health as a Contact Tracer and in the latter half of her time there, as an Epidemiologist, offering testing, medical, and economic resources to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vital Statistics: Isabella was born and raised in Miami, Florida but received her undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Pomona College in Claremont, California. Isabella has always loved giving back to her local community and spent time offering translation services to hospital patients and their families throughout her time in college, something she hopes to continue doing in Washington. Outside of the office, Isabella loves checking out new restaurants, traveling, and admiring the full four seasons that D.C has to offer.