Katherine Luella Copp, MPH

Experience

University of Minnesota Epidemiology PhD Student, 2021-Present

NIH T32 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Pre-Doctoral Fellow

Institute on the Environment Graduate Scholar, 2023-2024 Ecosystem & Planetary Health cohort

Institute on the Environment Graduate Scholar, 2022-2023 Agriculture/Climate cohort

Guest Lecture on Food Systems and Sustainable Eating, Public Health Nutrition for Adults, March 2025

Teaching Assistant, Epidemiologic Methods I with lab, Fall 2022

Boston Children’s Hospital, 2015-2021

Quality Improvement Consultant, 2021

Quality Improvement Data Analyst, 2019-2021

•  Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting descriptive epidemiology for use in QI and research initiatives

•  Assisting clinicians with the design & implementation of QI projects

•  Formulating and evaluating hypotheses, adjusting for bias

•  Providing ad-hoc problem solving related to patient safety initiatives for multiple clinical teams

•  Applying epidemiologic methodology to investigate risk factors

Program Coordinator, 2016-2019

•  Facilitating the complete patient experience from initial inquiry to scheduling and post-visit follow up 

through a primarily independent workflow for two newly developed clinics

•  Managing complex medical histories and social determinants of health daily

•  Developing and coordinating the daily operations for two clinics 

•  Interpreting volume-related data to management

Patient Experience Representative, 2015-2016

•  Communicating effective customer service 

•  Multi-tasked to best meet the needs of patients and the hospital

Publications

Ngo T,  Baird J, Mauskar S, et al. (in progress). An Intervention to Proactively Solicit Safety Input from Hospitalized Families of Children with Medical Complexity. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 

Copp K, Steffen L, Yi S, et al. (2024). Magnesium-rich Diet Score is Inversely Associated with Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis in Communities (ARIC) Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 

Khan A, Baird J, Mauskar S, Haskell HW, Habibi AN, Ngo T, Aldarondo A, Berry J, Copp K, Liu JP, Elder B, Gray KP, Hennessy K, Humphrey KE, Luff DE, Mallick N, Matherson S, McGeachey AG, Melvin P, Pinkham AL, Quiñones-Pérez B, Rogers J, Singer SJ, Stoeck PA, Toomey SL, Viswanath KP, Wilder JL, Schuster MA, Landrigan CP. (2024) A Coproduced Family Reporting Intervention to Improve Safety Surveillance and Reduce Disparities. Pediatrics. 

Mauskar S, Ngo T, Haskell H, et al. (2023).  In Their Own Words: Safety and Quality Perspectives from Families of Hospitalized Children with Medical Complexity. Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Mercer AN, Mauskar S, Baird J, et al. (2022).  Family Safety Reporting in Hospitalized Children with Medical Complexity. Pediatrics. 

Shannon MT, Taylor M, Copp K, Smith-Millman M, Rogers JE. (2022). Developing a Responsive Transferable Model for Delivering Large-Scale Simulation Education to Inpatient Nursing Staff. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. 

McCarthy S, Currier D, Copp K, & Donovan K. (2021). Partnering with Families of Medically Complex Children Transitioning from the Hospital to Home. Pediatrics. 

Posters + Presentations

Salty About Food: Using Diet as a Step for Climate Change, Presentation, UMN Institute on the Environment Sustainability Symposium, April 2025

Planetary Health Diet Score is Inversely Associated with Sodium Intake in NHANES, Pre-Pandemic (2017-2020), Poster, American Heart Association Epi/Lifestyle Scientific Session, March 2025

*Also presented at UMN School of Public Health Research Day, April 2025

Consumption of Added Sugar and Added Sugar-Rich Foods and Beverages is Associated with Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, Poster, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trainee Session at American Heart Association Epi/Lifestyle Scientific Session, March 2024

Magnesium-rich Diet Score Is Inversely Associated With Incident Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis In Communities (ARIC) Study*, Poster, American Heart Association Epi/Lifestyle Scientific Session, March 2023

*Also an Oral Presentation in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trainee Session on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Prevention at the AHA Epi/Lifestyle Scientific Session

Recognize, React, Report: Advancing Patient Safety Through Nurse Led Collaboration, Poster, International Pediatric Simulation Society, October 2020

The CAITLYNN Project, Creating and Applying Individualized Transition plans: Learning Your New Normal, Poster, Spring 2020

Building and Supporting a Culture of Innovation-Based Practice (IBP) at Boston Children’s Hospital, Poster, Spring 2020

Recognize, React, Report: A Novel Nursing Simulation Program, Poster, Spring 2020

Child Residential Mobility and Healthcare Utilization, University of Vermont, Poster, Spring 2019

Providing Comprehensive Second Opinions to Children and Adolescents through the Pediatric Diagnostic Program, Poster, Data Analysis and Visualizations, Boston Children’s, Spring 2019

Expanding Primary Care to International Patients and Their Families, Poster, Data Analysis and Visualizations, Boston Children’s, Spring 2018

Providing Comprehensive Second Opinions to Children and Adolescents through the Pediatric Diagnostic Program, Poster, Data Analysis and Visualizations, Boston Children’s, Spring 2018