Alumni
Keri J. Griffin, BS, MPH, MPA
Emergency Preparedness Training Coordinator
District Four Health Services
Area of work: Emergency Preparedness
After graduating from Clark Atlanta University with a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Keri spent time conducting research at the NASA Space Medicine and Life Sciences Research Center at Morehouse School of Medicine. She later attended graduate school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health and earned a Master's of Public Health degree in Epidemiology. After graduation, Keri moved back to Georgia and accepted a position with District Four Health Services. While working at District Four, she completed a Master's of Public Administration degree with a concentration in Health Services Administration, from Columbus State University. During her career, Keri has worked in various areas of public health including communicable disease and tobacco use prevention. Currently, Keri is serving as the Emergency Preparedness Training Coordinator for the Emergency Preparedness/Bioterrorism Department at District Four Health Services. In this capacity, she has a role in training both staff and the general public thought the 12-county health district on measures related to emergency preparedness.
Personal Information:
Though originally from Rochester, Minnesota, Keri Griffin has spent her entire adult life residing in the South. In the future, Keri looks forward to completing educational matriculation through the PhD degree and using all the information and experience she has gathered along the way to add relevancy and credibility to the field of public health by helping underrepresented populations in our communities. Keri enjoys reading, writing poetry, traveling, and attending live theater performances
What I would like to get out of this program:
From this program, I would like to gain the ability to communicate more effectively with persons from different ethnic/racial backgrounds so that I may gain increased appreciation of other cultural norms. In addition, I am looking eagerly forward to the networking opportunities that will come as a result from interaction with other public health professionals from around the country.