Feb 14, 2023
On the final episode of the first season of AIMing to Inform, hear from Immediate Past AIM Chair and Connecticut Immunization Program Manager, Kathy Kudish. This motivational leader shares her keys to managing a successful immunization program through a pandemic and beyond. Kathy also discusses how she juggles her double duties as a Public Health Veterinarian, leads dynamic teams, and manages burnout.
About Kathy
Kathy Kudish is a veterinarian by training, but her goal was always to work in public health rather than clinical practice, because she believes public health to be more impactful. After completing a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut, a master’s degree in public health at Tulane, and a veterinary degree at LSU, followed by two years of full-time emergency practice, she went to work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence (EIS) Officer in 2004. A pertussis outbreak among the Amish during her EIS training piqued her interest in vaccine preventable disease.
In 2006 she joined the Connecticut Department of Public Health to work in the Immunization Program, and she has made it her home. Kathy has been working in immunizations for the past 17 years. Initially she worked as an epidemiologist and the vaccine preventable disease surveillance unit supervisor until she became the Immunization Program Manager in 2016. Kathy served as Chair of the AIM in 2022.
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