Dr. Katelyn Jetelina is an epidemiologist and scientific communicator dedicated to making public health research and evolving science understandable and accessible to the public. She is the founder and CEO of Your Local Epidemiologist, a public health newsletter that translates complex and ever-changing science for a broad audience, reaching more than 500 million views across 133+ countries.
A co-founder of Healthier Together, Dr. Jetelina is also an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Public Health, and a former senior advisor to the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has received numerous national awards and was recently named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in Health.
She holds a Master of Public Health and a PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Texas Health Science Center, as well as an honorary doctorate from SUNY.
