Yvette Kiptoo

Yvette Kiptoo is a global health professional, originally from Kenya. She is an MPH student in the Department of Epidemiology at the UW. She graduated from Amherst College with a BA in Biochemistry and Biophysics in 2023. In undergrad, Yvette investigated the relationship between malnutrition and malaria severity among children under five in Siaya county, Kenya as an intern at the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KEMRI/CDC). Prior to joining START, Yvette supported global health organizations with event management, communications, and advocacy work as an Associate at Global Health Strategies. She contributed to speaker coordination, program planning and abstract review processes for Africa CDC’s 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023). Most recently, she worked with the GF’s communication team to develop communication materials focused on infectious diseases, primarily HIV, TB, and malaria. Her research interests include infectious disease epidemiology, program implementation and evaluation.