Kelly Baker
PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Climate Change and Health Equity
Summary
Kelly Baker, PhD, joined the Department of Epidemiology and Envrionmental Health in 2024 as an associate professor and director of the Center for Climate Change and Health Equity. Previously, Baker worked at the University of Iowa, Emory College and Burnham Cancer Research Institute.
Education
- PhD, molecular microbiology and immunology, University of Maryland Baltimore
- BS, biology and ecology, Oral Roberts University
Awards
- ASM Student Travel Grant Award, 106th Annual Meeting
- 1st Place: Basic Science Division, University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate Research Conference
- Outstanding Graduate School Student, University of Maryland
- Center for Vaccine Development NIH T32 Trainee Fellowship in Global Health
- Global Health Institute Scholar of Safe Water and Sanitation, Emory University
- Runner-up for Young Investigator Award, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences Award, U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Fellow