Meredith Beers, PhD, MPH

Meredith Beers, PhD, MPH, joined the Tulane University Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response in January 2018. In her role she helps write and exercise the university’s emergency plans. Prior to working at Tulane, Dr. Beers worked at SBP, Inc. as a Senior Disaster Specialist and consulted with Audubon Zoo on emergency preparedness. She served as a Women’s Research & Education Institute Congressional Fellow in the office of the late U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg as well as interned at the Smithsonian National Zoo where she focused on emergency preparedness.

Dr. Beers earned her PhD in public health with a concentration in disaster management, her MPH, and a BA in English all from Tulane. She has served as an adjunct professor at the School of Social Work in the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy.