About Me

Kai Chen

Short Biography

I am a Master of Public Health (MPH) student with an emphasis in Epidemiology. I completed my undergraduate education at the University of Georgia (UGA) with a major in Biology before matriculating into the MPH program via the dual degree pathway offered (4+1). As a future public health professional who comes from a multicultural background, I find the international stage to be very important to ongoing public health topics.

Fun Fact

I very much enjoy foreign language musicals and have met some of my closest friends through a French musical it seems no one has ever heard of: Mozart L’Opera Rock.

Goals for This Course

I hope to learn more in-depth techniques for data analysis and implement them in my current and future research. I am especially interested in how this class will approach machine learning, since it can be used with such versatility (and even predict earthquake damage).

Research Interests

My primary interest is in respiratory illness, especially infectious respiratory diseases. For this semester, I am participating in research on household air pollution while interning abroad in Guatemala (to analyze their surveillance data on respiratory disease).

Training

I have attended two outbreak simulations hosted by UGA in the past, and I have also collected data on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2021. Previous research experiences and coursework have led to skills in JMP, SAS, and R.