Katherine Rapp (she/her) is a first-year student in the Master in Public Health Generalist program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she brings experience in both science and communications. She currently works as a communications strategist for nonprofits, medical associations, and patient advocacy organizations at JPA Health, a public relations agency exclusively serving the health sector.
Katherine is passionate about data-driven communications and translating complex science for a lay audience. Prior to her work at JPA Health, Katherine focused on social determinants of health research as a health policy and communications coordinator at the American College of Physicians and as a research fellow at The Root Cause Coalition.
Katherine earned a bachelor of science in food science at Iowa State University, where she currently serves on the alumni board for the University Honors Program.
