Heather M Kun, MS ScD is Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the National Health Foundation where she is responsible for overseeing the research and evaluation arm of the organization in addition to participating in development, operational and fundraising activities. She is currently overseeing all chronic disease management projects among others.

Prior to working for NHF, Dr. Kun was an epidemic intelligence service officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stationed in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s Acute Communicable Disease Control Branch. She has also worked as a consultant for various private family foundations and has led and participated in multiple large scale quantitative and qualitative research projects specifically centered on immigrant health.

Dr. Kun received her Doctorate of Science (Sc.D) degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. Her dissertation work addressed health status and access to healthcare of farmworkers living along the eastern Mexico-California border. Dr. Kun also holds an M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a B.A. in Biology and Environmental Sciences from Yale University.