About
Resham Patel is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington, with 15 years of local and national experience as a public health professional. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Resham leads efforts to advance practice-based disaster research and incident evaluation, presenting nationally and developing adaptable resources for peers across the country.
In her prior role at Public Health – Seattle & King County, Resham led preparedness training, evaluation and improvement efforts, including an assessment of the agency’s COVID-19 response. She has significant incident response experiences and has served on several national workgroups, including through the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), where she previously worked as a Preparedness Senior Analyst.
Resham is a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has a Master of Public Health degree from Columbia University and is an alumna of the Center for Health Security’s Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellowship.