Dr. Kathryn Lowerre joined the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) in 2014 as the Bureau Evaluator for Environmental Health Epidemiology, working with multiple Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded programs engaging stakeholders and presenting evaluation findings to a range of audiences. In April 2016 she moved to NMDOH’s Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Program. Previous positions include college and university teaching appointments, as well as work at county and regional health departments on health impact assessments and population health indicators and in drug regulatory affairs as a consultant. Her first health-related position, in clinical trials coordination, was at the Duke AIDS Research and Treatment Center, where she volunteered and worked part-time while completing her doctorate.