Dr. Katherine Lyon Daniel is Deputy Associate Director for Communication at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she applies behavioral science, health communication, and social marketing principles to improve public health.
Katherine’s professional achievements include conducting original research and exemplary national health promotion campaigns, for which she has received numerous professional communication awards. She has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Irvine in Social Ecology. Her dissertation research focused on communicating long-term health risks to the U.S. Senate.
She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two adorable sons, for whom she makes all health-related decisions.