Nicole Gatto is an Associate Professor in the School of Community and Global Health at Claremont Graduate University where she serves as Director of the PhD program and Chair of the IRB. Gatto earned her MPH from UCLA and her PhD in Epidemiology from USC. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in environmental neuroepidemiology and an internship in communicable disease control and prevention. Gatto holds certifications in Public Health, SAS, GIS, clinical trials and college teaching. Her research has focused on environmental, occupational, lifestyle and genetic risk and protective factors for cardiovascular and neurological diseases, specifically Parkinson’s disease and dementias/cognitive impairment. Gatto has received of a number of prestigious awards including the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in 2014, a Fulbright Specialist in 2018, and a Fulbright Scholar in 2020. She is a member of the APHA and ISEE and serves as a reviewer for several prominent journals.