Ms. Yousey-Hindes completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Immunology at University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. She received her Master of Public Health degree from the Yale School of Public Health. She has worked in the area of infectious disease epidemiology since 2007 for both the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the New York State Department of Health in addition to her current position at the Connecticut Emerging Infections Program (EIP). Within the EIP, Kim has contributed to multiple projects, especially in the area of respiratory disease surveillance. She oversees three population-based surveillance systems in Connecticut: FluSurv-NET (influenza-associated hospitalizations), RSV-NET (respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations), and COVID-NET (COVID-19-associated hospitalizations).