Kate Petersen, MPH

National Association of County and City Health Officials
1100 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC
USA 20036
Email: kpetersen@Naccho.org

Biographical Sketch:
1/2008- present, Program Associate, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC 8/2006-12/2007, Graduate Research Assistant, The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, Washington, DC Responsible for supporting HIV/STD, Infectious Disease and Immunization workgroups, including assisting in policy statement creation to guide NACCHO’s programmatic activities (2008-present) Assist in the development of queries for NACCHO’s HIV Prevention Sentinel Network about local health department HIV prevention programs, analyze data, and facilitate dialogue between CDC and Sentinel Network health departments (2008-persent) Provide programmatic support to HIV/STD, Infectious Disease and Immunization projects serving local health departments (2008-present) Provided research and project support to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation school-based mental health program for immigrant and refugee children (2006-2007) Researched and prepared grant-related communications, information and resource materials (2006-2007)