Kathryn Leifheit

Kathryn Leifheit

Kathryn Leifheit, PhD MSPH is a social epidemiologist who studies social policies as levers to improve population health and promote health equity. In particular, her research focuses on housing policies and evictions as determinants of health for children and communities. Leifheit completed her postdoctoral fellowship in health services research at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and her PhD in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health.  She will join the UCLA Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in July, 2022.