Julio Contreras

Julio Contreras, Manager, Policy & Legislative Affairs, he/him/his, leads the viral hepatitis and drug user health policy advocacy portfolios at NASTAD. He works in coalition to advance policies and secure federal funding for viral hepatitis and harm reduction programs at state and local health departments and their community partners, including co-chairing the Hepatitis Appropriations Partnership. Julio represents NASTAD members and health department staff to Congress, federal agencies and executive offices, local and national nonprofits, industry partners, and community-based organizations in order to build strong networks for hepatitis elimination and overdose and infectious disease prevention. Julio joined NASTAD from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), where he assisted the I Stand With Planned Parenthood policy campaigns team and tracked federal regulations and rulemaking. Prior to that, he was the Equality Fellow at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), where he supported LGBTQ Latine/x coalition building and conference programming. Julio graduated from Georgetown University in 2018 and is pursuing a master's of public health at Johns Hopkins University, where he is a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow in addiction and overdose and pursuing a concentration in health systems and policy. Julio is based in Washington, DC.