Katie Gardner, RN, BSN is a public health nurse and health educator with 19 years of experience including health promotion, program coordination, infectious disease prevention and clinical care. Katie serves on the board of the Kentucky Youth Health Network, where she helps advance public awareness of health risks and promote positive health outcomes for Kentucky youth. In her current role as Nurse Program Administrator for the Viral Hepatitis Program at the Kentucky Department for Public Health, she focuses on expanding hepatitis C education and access to care in communities disproportionately affected by hepatitis C and the overdose epidemic through a syndemic approach.
