Kate Beatty is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services Management and Policy at the East Tennessee’s College for Public Health and the Center for Rural Health Research. She is the Principal Investigator of a study looking at clinical characteristics and practices on contraception provision and utilization. Her research interests include public health services and systems research, performance management, organization theory, rural public health, and coordination of public health and primary care. She received her MPH with a dual concentration of behavior science and health education and epidemiology and PhD in Public Health Studies at Saint Louis University.