Mrs. Brianna Merritt is an Epidemiologist and Owner of Data Strategy Services, a public health consulting company. After working 10 years in the field in North Carolina, Texas, and Colorado, Mrs. Merritt has worked in all aspects of epidemiology, from heart disease to viral hemorrhagic fevers to vaccine-preventable diseases. she is an epidemiologist by education but has an additional career background in clinical work, clinical research, data analytics, and chronic disease. She is an active member of the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the Association for Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (APIC), the Colorado Public Health Association (CPHA), and the American Public Health Association (APHA).