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Erin Stuckey is an Epidemiologist and a Program Officer with the Malaria team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supporting efforts to eradicate malaria. She manages a portfolio of investments in the areas of applied epidemiology and data for decision making systems in Latin America, the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and Southern Africa.

Motivated to address health inequity worldwide, Erin has more than a decade of experience in the global health field. Erin was previously a Global Health Fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and conducted her doctoral research at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel, Switzerland, with publications in applying mathematical modeling to support decision-making for operations in malaria control and elimination in Kenya and Zambia. Prior to moving into academia, Erin worked in various roles with Population Services International (PSI) based first in Washington, DC and then in Juba, South Sudan. In Juba, as Technical Advisor, Erin was responsible for a portfolio of national HIV/AIDS social marketing programs, and later established a department managing research, monitoring and evaluation, and communications for malaria, safe water and HIV/AIDS programs.

Erin holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, an MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a Program Certificate in Public Health from SSPH+, a BA in Comparative Literature and International Studies from Washington University in St. Louis, and is currently working on completing a 200-hour yoga teacher training certification.

Fun fact: Erin has lived in or traveled to more than 60 countries worldwide. Her favorite travel story: when she was 21 and traveling in Mumbai, Erin was randomly approached on the street by a film crew who needed extras for an “international party” scene and ended up on an Indian TV show.