Katherine A. Stamatakis, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
College for Public Health and Social Justice
Interim Director
Master of Public Health program
How do we ensure that research knowledge is translated into real world solutions and doesn't just gather dust? It turns out there is a science for that, and public health practitioners are vital participants and partners in the effort.
- Katie Stamatakis, Ph.D.
Courses Taught
Chronic Disease Epidemiology; Principles of Epidemiology
Education
- Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Michigan
- M.P.H., Epidemiology, Saint Louis University
- B.A., Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Research Interests
Chronic disease epidemiology; implementation research in public health settings; sleep and metabolic determinants of chronic disease
Professional Organizations and Associations
She currently has funding from the National Institutes of Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study questions related to characteristics of local health departments that influence their capacity to implement practices in obesity prevention to populations in need which builds up work initiated as part of a KL2 career development grant from the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award.