Kate Beatty, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Management and Policy, Director of the Tennessee Public Health Training Center, and Co-Director of the Center for Rural and Appalachian Health at East Tennessee State University College of Public Health. She holds a PhD in Public Health Studies, an MPH in Joint Concentration in Behavior Science and Health Education and Epidemiology, both from Saint Louis University School of Public Health, and a BS in Psychology from the University of Georgia. 

Dr. Beatty is a mixed methods researcher who has expertise in public health services and systems research, rural and Appalachian health, women’s health, childhood obesity, practice-based public health research networks, collaboration between public health and healthcare, and performance management.

 

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