Kai Stewart, PhD, MPH, CHES has over 20 years of public health practice experience, holding several positions with non-profit organizations, academic institutions and federal agencies. Dr. Stewart previously served as the Director of Clinical and Social Services, with a nonprofit organization serving persons living with disabilities. She is currently an adjunct professor with the Mercer University Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions. And for the last 15 years Dr. Stewart has been employed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as a Health Scientist. In all of these roles she has specifically focused on social determinants of health, health disparities and health inequities among populations disproportionately at risk for or impacted by chronic diseases.