Social Scientist Analyst
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Policy Development and Research
Office of Research Evaluation and Monitoring
Program Monitoring and Research Division
Washington, DC
www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-helms-garrison-6849434b
veronica.e.garrison@hud.gov
Veronica Eva Garrison is a government researcher (Analyst and Team Lead; Data and Research) with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development & Research, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring. Veronica joined the Federal government in 2014 as a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Presidential Management Fellow under the Obama administration.
At HUD, Veronica leads in-house research initiatives focused on substandard housing and housing as a social determinant of health using data linkage approaches. Her research focuses on quantifying the unique health characteristics and social needs of HUD-assisted children, youth, and families. Prior to joining HUD, Veronica was a Child Health Program Manager at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP).
In addition to her role at HUD, Veronica is also a part-time Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) candidate in the health equity and social justice (HESJ) concentration at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Veronica is also a Bloomberg Fellow via the Bloomberg American Health Initiative (BAHI), a training initiative that seeks to provide world-class public health training to individuals in organizations tackling critical challenges facing the United States.
Veronica received a Master of Public Health in maternal and child health from the George Washington University in 2013 and holds a B.S. in Public Health from the University of Georgia.