Penn Injury Distinguished Lecture: Emory Visiting Scholar Dr. Kaitlin Piper

The Penn Injury Science Center, in partnership with the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory, invite you to a Distinguished Lecture from Visiting Scholar Dr. Kaitlin Piper on Tuesday, September 15th, 2026. This session is in-person only, hosted at 3600 Civic Center Boulevard on the Penn/CHOP medical campus. Following the lecture, you are welcome to stick around for the Penn Injury Science Center’s Fall Social to connect with colleagues old and new.

About the Visiting Scholar:

Dr. Kaitlin Piper is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. She is Associate Director of the Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) and a Co-Investigator with the Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). Nationally, she holds leadership roles in correctional healthcare as part of the Cross-Center Collaboration on the Health of Justice-Involved Women and Children, the Academic Consortium for Criminal Justice and Health, and the Collaborative Justice-Involved Research and Training Program.

Her federally- and foundation-funded research portfolio centers on expanding access to behavioral health care for families affected by the criminal legal system, advancing the decriminalization of mental health conditions, and examining how laws and legal systems shape the health of marginalized communities. Her work is grounded in a commitment to transforming how institutions respond to behavioral health needs, moving away from punitive approaches and toward evidence-based, health-promoting solutions.

An implementation and dissemination science methodologist, Dr. Piper works locally, nationally, and globally to ensure research evidence translates into real-world impact. She leads implementation science trainings for community-based organizations across the United States and builds international capacity through NIH D43 training programs. At Emory, she teaches in the DrPH program, guiding doctoral students in applying implementation science theories, models, and frameworks to advance public health research and practice.

She holds a BS in Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh and both an MPH and PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Emory University. She completed postdoctoral fellowship in Implementation and Dissemination Sciences at Northwestern University.