John “Grady” Heller, MPH, Ph.D., (2022-2023)
John “Grady” Heller earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the Hudson College of Public Health in 2018. Grady is a PhD candidate in Epidemiology, studying infectious epidemiology. He has worked in hospital policy, report evaluation and as a tobacco cessation data collector. More recently, he has worked with CDC Foundation and Oklahoma State Department of Health to improve the state’s COVID-19 surveillance reporting and data management practices, but he is most passionate about infectious disease transmission models and forecasting. He strongly believes in collaboration across professions to tackle pressing health issues, and hopes to incorporate new techniques of analysis and prediction into public health in the future. Grady serves as the Epidemiological Research Student Association President.