Sarah Lee is team lead for the Research Application and Evaluation Team, with the Healthy Schools Branch, Division of Population Health at the CDC. Her team focuses on chronic disease prevention and management in schools, providing scientific expertise and leadership on pertinent documents, surveillance systems, and CDC school health programs. Sarah earned her M.S. in Community Health Promotion from the University of Montana, and her PhD in Exercise and Wellness Education from Arizona State University. Sarah has authored over 40 manuscripts, reports, book chapters, and commentaries. Throughout the pandemic, Sarah served in numerous deployments to CDC’s COVID-19 emergency response as the team lead for the Community Guidance team and the Deputy for the Community Interventions and Critical Populations Task Force. She has been at CDC for 18 years, all of which have been dedicated to improving school and student health.