Elisabeth Root
Deputy Director at Institute for Disease Modeling, Gates Foundation
- Role
- Deputy Director at Gates Foundation
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elisabeth Root
Global health strategist and research leader with 20+ years of experience spanning philanthropy, academia, and international development. I specialize in translating complex data into actionable insights to inform policy and drive equitable health outcomes.At the Gates Foundation’s Institute for Disease Modeling, I lead cross-functional teams and partnerships focused on gender, vulnerability, and health equity. My work bridges analytics and strategy to support systems change at scale.Passionate about evidence-based solutions, collaborative leadership, and driving impact through data.
Experience
Deputy Director
Oct 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Gender, Vulnerability & Health EquityInstitute for Disease Modeling
Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography and Epidemiology
2005 — 2009
University of Maryland
Master’s Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography
2001 — 2003
Pomona College
Bachelor’s Degree, Anthropology and Public Policy Analysis
1995 — 1999
Skills
- Microsoft Access
- Higher Education
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Public Health Surveillance
- Research
- Geography
- Global Health
- Population Health
- Sas
- Survey Research
- Multivariate Statistics
- Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
- Spatial Data Management
- Spatial Epidemiology
- Spatial Modeling
- Biostatistics
- Spatial Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Teaching
- Social Statistics
- R
- Population Studies
- Arcgis
- Data Analysis
- Social Epidemiology
- Survey Design
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