Steph Battan-Wraith
Senior Research Associate
Contact
StephWraith@westat.comOverview
Steph Battan-Wraith, PhD, is a Senior Research Associate and infectious disease epidemiologist for Clinical Research with over a decade of training and experience in public health. She has expertise in disease surveillance, database and project management, and statistical analysis. Her work has focused particularly on respiratory viral pathogens and their impacts on marginalized and underserved communities. She has served as the project director, senior epidemiologist, and data lead on a range of projects examining respiratory virus transmission and other infectious disease studies.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiologic Science, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
- MSPH, Global Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
- BS (summa cum laude), Biology and Global Health, College of William and Mary
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