Katharine S. Walter has been elected to the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Board of Directors effective April 2025.
Dr. Walter is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine, where she leads the Evo-Epi Laboratory. Her group develops and applies evolutionary approaches to answer open questions about pathogen transmission and epidemiological dynamics. It focuses on tuberculosis and pathogens linked to the rapidly changing climate in the American West with a goal of directly informing public health in low-income settings. She is committed to mentoring the next generation of scientists and public health advocates. Dr. Walter received her Ph.D. at the Yale School of Public Health.