Dr. Kristen Dickerson

Biography

Dr. Kristen Dickerson has bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and microbiology from Ohio University. She has also received her master’s and doctorate in public health/epidemiology. Additionally, she has a master’s degree in public health nursing and has worked as an ER nurse and Infection Preventionist within the hospital systems. She has served in the US Army where she worked in biochemical warfare research and the US Public Health Service where she managed clinical operations for 100 occupational health clinics in the DC Metro region. For the state she has served as a Quality Improvement Coordinator working to improve clinical and mental health services for ODRC and was the Statewide Health, Wellness, and Special Programs Manager for BWC. She also served as the state epidemiologist and Chief for the Bureau of Infectious diseases at the Ohio Department of Health while teaching and developing content for the MPH program for Chamberlain School of Nursing. Currently, she is the lead faculty for the Master’s in Public Health Nursing Program at Herzing.