Your Local Epidemiologist

Welcome to Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) newsletter! 

Who am I?

My name is Dr. Katelyn Jetelina. I have a Masters in Public Health and PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I am an epidemiologist, data scientist, wife, and mom to two little girls.

During the day, I wear many hats, including scientific consultant to a number of organizations, including the White House and CDC.

At night, I write this newsletter. My main goal is to “translate” the ever-evolving public health science so that people will be well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. This newsletter started in March 2020 to update students, faculty, and staff on the developments of the pandemic. In 36 months, it’s grown to an international audience.

What is this?

This newsletter aims to provide a direct line of “translated” public health science to the local, national, and international community. Over the past 3.5 years, I’ve covered COVID-19 topics ranging from variants to vaccines and booster rollouts, to exciting new developments like antivirals and context to some of our greatest unanswered questions.

YLE has also started to dip into other public health topics, like gun violence, reproductive health, other infectious diseases, and public health events (thanks to the feedback from the YLE audience).

I hope that, together, YLE provides breadth and depth into the pandemic, epidemiology, and public health overall. Public health touches all of our lives, even outside of a pandemic.

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We also have a Spanish version here.

Glad to have you here!

Thank you for supporting the scientific communication of evidence-based information. It’s needed now more than ever.

Love, Katelyn (YLE)