Lead Maternal-Child Health Epidemiologist
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Karen Harbert is the Lead Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiologist at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). Her work includes serving as the lead epidemiologist for the state Maternal Child Health Block Grant (Title V) and the state maternal mortality review committee. She also works as the Project Director for the Missouri Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a surveillance survey for data on pregnancy, postpartum, and infant health. Karen graduated with her Master of Public Health (MPH) from University of Missouri - Columbia in 2010 and also worked as a contractor for the Department of Homeland Security’s National BIosurveillance Integration Center in Washington, DC prior to joining DHSS.