Dr. Kelly Chapman is a medical anthropologist with a background in applied public health. Throughout her career, Kelly has worked closely with affected communities to address health concerns and disparities using tailored mixed method and innovative research approaches. Kelly received her BA from The University of Texas in Austin and attended graduate school at the University of Florida, where she earned her PhD and MA in Anthropology and an MPH in Epidemiology. As a graduate researcher, she explored stress response activation and the intersections with human development and gene methylation in the American South and examined the influence of the environment and sociocultural factors on health beliefs and behaviors surrounding water access in Haiti.

After obtaining her PhD, Kelly worked at the Florida Department of Health from 2020-2022 on a project that reduced stigma and improved clinical service provision for people with HIV. In 2022, Kelly joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer with the clinical and key populations HIV surveillance teams in the Division of Global HIV and TB. In this role, she supported programming related to HIV recent infection and case surveillance in Malawi and Zambia, analyzed biobehavioral surveys among key and priority populations at risk for HIV in Uganda, and led the development of an evaluation protocol for key population friendly service provision in South Africa. Currently, Kelly works as a Health Scientist on the Applied Research and Translation Team in the Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.