Biography
Kate Merrill is an assistant professor in the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science within the University of Illinois at Chicago's Department of Medicine. She uses mixed methods and an implementation science approach to design, deliver, and assess the impact of social and behavioral interventions in collaboration with community partners. Her current research centers on interventions addressing sexual and reproductive health, HIV, violence, and mental health among young people in Chicago and sub-Saharan Africa, including those using sport-based approaches. She holds a PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a BA from Brown University.
