DLH Holdings Corp. announced Sandra Halverson, MPH, PhD has been appointed Chief Scientist effective November 1, 2020. In this role, Dr. Halverson will work collaboratively with the DLH Executive Leadership Team to help set company research and scientific priorities. In addition to research coordination and personnel management duties, Sandra will serve as a public representative of the company, helping tell the story of DLH’s increasingly prominent role in the public health and life sciences market space. Dr. Halverson currently serves as Director of DLH’s Survey Operations Center and as Project Director for the DLH-supported NIEHS Sister Study, a landmark research effort dedicated to finding the causes of breast cancer. Dr. Halverson joined DLH in 2012 from her tenure-tracked position as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University; she served as the Associate Director of Graduate Studies for the school’s Institute for Medicine and Public Health doctoral program in epidemiology. Sandra holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, as well as a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.