Kaitie, ICH contractor, brings 20 years of experience working both on the ground and as a researcher and evaluator to address social issues through a public health lens. Kaitie’s primary area of expertise is gender-based violence. She brings qualitative research experience as well as a strong commitment to community-based action research and evaluation to her work. Outside of work with ICH, Kaitie serves as an Epidemiologist and Training/Technical Assistance Specialist with the SouthWest Prevention Center based out of the University of Oklahoma, contracts with various other research and evaluation partners, and teaches public policy graduate courses at Brandeis University.

Kaitie is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in Social Policy with a concentration in economic and racial equity at Brandeis University.