Dr. Kathryn Hall is the Deputy Commissioner for Population Health and Health Equity at the Boston Public Health Commission. After receiving her PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard University she spent 10 years in the biotech industry tackling problems in drug discovery and development where she became an Associate Director of Drug Development. Dr. Hall then returned to Harvard Medical School, joining the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and receiving a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Hall is an Assistant Professor part-time in the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Her academic research focuses on health equity in Boston. Dr. Hall is the author of Placebos, MIT Press and has a Masters in Documentary Film from Emerson College.