Kate Beatty, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor and interim director of the Center for Rural Health Research at East Tennessee State University's College of Public Health and is the Principal Investigator of a study of the clinical characteristics and practices on contraception provision and utilization. Her research interests include public health services and systems, 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.