Dr. Jennifer Kates is senior vice president and director of the Global Health & HIV Policy Program at KFF, where she oversees policy analysis and research focused on the US government's role in global health and on the global and domestic HIV epidemics. She has also helped to lead KFF's work on the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely regarded as an expert in the field, she regularly publishes and presents on global health and HIV policy issues and is particularly known for her work analyzing donor government investments in global health; assessing and mapping the US government's global health architecture, programs, and funding; and tracking and analyzing major US HIV programs and financing, and key trends in the HIV epidemic, an area she has been working in for close to 30 years.
Prior to joining KFF in 1998, Dr. Kates was a senior associate with The Lewin Group, a healthcare consulting firm, where she focused on HIV policy, strategic planning/health systems analysis, and healthcare for vulnerable populations. Among other prior positions, she directed the Office of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns at Princeton University.
Dr. Kates serves on numerous federal and private sector advisory committees on global health and HIV issues.
Dr. Kates holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, a Master in Public Affairs degree from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and a master's degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts. She received her PhD in health policy from George Washington University.
