National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS
Ms. Branum is a Health Statistician for the Infant and Child Health Studies Branch at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). After receiving a BS in animal biology from the University of Florida, Ms. Branum coordinated a microbiology lab within the Department of OB/GYN at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Changing focus from laboratory settings, Ms. Branum received an MSPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from the Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina in 1999. Before coming to NCHS, Ms. Branum was an intern for the Perinatal Data Center at the March of Dimes. At NCHS, her main areas of research include multiple births and perinatal outcomes.