Education

MPVM Preventive Veterinary Medicine, University of California (Davis), 2007
DVM Veterinary Medicine, University of California (Davis), 2006
BS Biology, University of California (San Diego), 2001

Contact

206-263-1395
Meagan.Kay@kingcounty.gov

Bio

Meagan Kay, DVM, MPVM (she/her) is the Deputy Chief of the Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section (CD-Imms) in the Prevention Division of Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC). After practicing clinical veterinary medicine at a 24-hour small animal hospital for several years, Meagan completed the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) fellowship at PHSKC during 2009–2011. After EIS, Meagan completed the CDC’s Health Systems Integration Program (HSIP), during which she worked at PHSKC to bridge public health and local health care and support community health needs assessments. In 2013, she rejoined CD-Imms as a medical epidemiologist and became the Section’s Deputy Chief in 2016. She has led or supported the Section’s preparedness and response efforts to a variety of communicable disease outbreaks, including influenza A H1N1, MERS-CoV, Ebola, Zika, hantavirus, measles, mumps, hepatitis A, COVID-19, mpox, foodborne and enteric illnesses, and healthcare-associated infection investigations. She enjoys mentoring students, fellows, and other trainees in applied epidemiology and supporting pathways for future careers in public health practice.