Denise LaRue is a public health professional who serves as Director of Care Integration within Harris Health System’s population health platform. Denise has spent the last 12 years at Harris Health developing quality improvement initiatives, conducting program planning and management, and creating care coordination pathways for patient and community populations. Over the years, she has led teams of community health workers in various population health and access-to-care programs aiming to improve outcomes in the areas of cancer screening, prenatal care, and diabetes management. More recently, her work has focused on integrating initiatives that address health-related social needs into clinic workflows. These efforts include co-locating community resources within our own health centers, establishing closed-loop referral processes with community partners to improve care across settings, and partnering with local experts to deliver evidence-based programming that addresses our patients’ total health needs. Denise received an undergraduate degree in Biology from Baylor University and her graduate degree from the UTHealth School of Public Health.