Kaitlyn Berry

Kaitlyn Berry serves as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Community Health at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health (2024)
• MPH in Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health (2017)
• BA, Vanderbilt University (2009)

As a social epidemiologist, she employs advanced quantitative methods and interdisciplinary approaches to investigate how place-based factors and structural policies drive health inequities. Her research centers on three interconnected domains: estimating homeless mortality rates and policy impacts across the U.S.; evaluating health consequences of employment/housing restrictions for people with criminal records; and modeling spatial-sociodemographic mortality patterns pre-during-post COVID-19. This work critically examines structural determinants including housing instability, criminal legal systems, and food security.

Her scientific recognition includes:

• NIH Director's Early Independence Award for "Place-Based Influences on Mortality among People Experiencing Homelessness" (DP5OD037332)