Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDR Ellen Yard is an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), and an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, where she has worked since 2009. Since joining the CDC, CDR Yard has worked for the National Center for Environmental Health (2009 to 2016), the Center for Global Health (2016 to 2019), and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2019 to present). In her current position with the Injury Center, CDR Yard studies the epidemiology of suicide and self-harm in the United States. Before joining the CDC, CDR Yard earned her PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from The Ohio State University.