About Susan K. Flinn

Susan K. Flinn has worked in the public health/public policy field since 1989 and specializes in reproductive and sexual health issues. Since 1998, Ms. Flinn has provided consulting services for non-profit organizations as well as State and Federal governmental agencies. The author of numerous publications, Ms. Flinn researches, drafts, and edits materials for a range of audiences, including policymakers, providers, and the general public. She also plans meetings and creates meeting reports and proceedings. In addition, she helps non-profit organizations with a variety of short and long-term projects. In general, she helps her clients work more efficiently, and get more done. See below for a listing of her publications and the trainings she's conducted. To download PDF versions, click here for a list of Selected Publications.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Ms. Flinn was the Director of Legislative Affairs at Advocates for Youth, a non-profit that promotes adolescent sexual and reproductive health. At Advocates, she represented these issues before state and national policymakers, raised over $225,000 in departmental funding, supervised staff, and wrote numerous publications on adolescent health. She has also worked at the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), the American Association of University Women, and Maryland NARAL. Click here for Ms. Flinn's resume.

Ms. Flinn has served on several Boards of Directors, including the National Assembly on School Based Health Care (NASBHC), the Washington Celiac Sprue Support Group, Metro TeenAIDS, and the Bryn Mawr Club of Washington, D.C.

She holds a M.A. in Public Policy and Women's Studies from George Washington University and a B.A. in Urban/Art History from Bryn Mawr College.

Selected Publications

Innovative Approaches to Promoting Healthy Weight in Women: Grantee Report, Rockville: HRSA Office on Women’s Health, 2005—present.

“Depo Provera & Bone Mineral Density,” The Women’s Health Activist, July/August 2009.

“Change We Can Believe in – New Developments in Access to Emergency Contraception,” The Women’s Health Activist, July/August 2009.

“Lupron: What Does it do to Women’s Health?” The Women’s Health Activist, November/December 2008.

The Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) Meeting Proceedings, Rockville MD: HRSA Division of Transplantation, 2004—2009.

Briefing Papers for the Open Society Institute: Health Plan Enrollment and Services – Providing Prevention Information and Services to High-risk Youth Through S-CHIP and Other Programs, With Kolbert, K, Philadelphia, PA: Annenburg School of Communications, 2001.

Manual Vacuum Aspiration: Expanding Women’s Access to Safe Abortion Services, With Baird, T, Chapel Hill, NC: Ipas, 2001.

Early Medical Abortion: Issues for Practice, With Stewart, F, Wells, E and Weitz, T, San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, 2001.

Selected Editing Projects

The Women's Health Activist. Editor. Washington, DC: National Women's Health Network. 2005—present.

Outreach: The Newsletter of Metro TeenAIDS, Editor, Washington, DC: Metro TeenAIDS. 2005—present.

Technical Report: Male Circumcision, Elk Grove Village (IL): American Academy of Pediatrics, in process (publication date 2012).

Clinical Practice Guidelines: Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Youth, Elk Grove Village (IL): American Academy of Pediatrics, in process (publication date 2012).

Clinical Report: Guidance for the Clinician in Rendering Pediatric Care – Implementing a Transition Plan to a Medical Home, Elk Grove Village (IL): American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011.

Designing an Integrated Strategy for Peace, Security and Development in Post-Agreement Sudan (Language editor), Emeric Rogier, The Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael Institute), April, 2005.

Sexual and Reproductive Rights: A Manual for Training Facilitators, Washington, DC: The CATALYST Consortium, 2005.

Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Education into Service Delivery: A Program for Rural Communities in Bangladesh (The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee & The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research), Washington: International Center for Research on Women, 2000.