Danielle  Carson

Danielle (Johnson) Carson is a first-year PhD student in Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. Her research integrates epidemiology, clinical research, and health technology to advance maternal, perinatal, and child health by investigating the intersection of infectious and non-communicable diseases.

She holds a BS in Public Health and a MSPH in Epidemiology from the University of South Carolina. During her graduate studies, Danielle contributed to statewide antibody point prevalence studies and served as a COVID-19 Junior Epidemiologist for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. After graduation, she further refined her expertise at Johns Hopkins University, contributing to two multi-site HIV cohort studies, which sparked her passion for her current area of research.