Katharine Konkle

2008-2010 Cohort

Kate has an MPH from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kate was placed with the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Western Regional Office where she was involved in multiple projects. She assisted local health departments as they implemented a Community Health Improvement Process (CHIP), and worked as part of a statewide group to update the new CHIP website with regional information. Kate also took a leadership role with the Wisconsin Public Health Quality Initiative—a statewide collaborative project looking at assessment and quality improvement as a way to prepare for national voluntary accreditation of state and local health departments. Preceptor: Elizabeth Giese


The Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship is an initiative of the UW Population Health Institute’s Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Group. The Fellowship program is funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.