Katherine Leach-Kemon

Katherine Leach-Kemon is a senior content strategist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Katherine bridges the gap between academic research and policy. To this end, she fosters partnerships, designs communication strategies to engage policymakers and general audiences, and oversees the production of multimedia content. Her work has been published in The Lancet, Health Affairs, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. She earned an MA in public health at the University of Washington and a BA in history from the College of William & Mary, and she previously worked as a postgraduate fellow at IHME studying foreign assistance for health.