Heath Kelsey

Heath Kelsey has been with UMCES since 2009, as a Science Integrator, Program Manager, and as Director of the Integration and Application Network since 2019. His work focuses on helping communities become more engaged in socio-environmental decision making. He has over 15-years of experience in stakeholder engagement, environmental and public health assessment, indicator development, and science communication. He has led numerous ecosystem health and socio-environmental health report card projects globally, in Australia, India, the South Pacific, Africa, and throughout the US. Dr. Kelsey received his MSPH (2000) and PhD (2006) in Environmental Health Science from The University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health. He is a graduate of St Mary’s College of Maryland (1988), and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua New Guinea from 1995-1998.