Hillary Mousley Kapa, MPH is a Staff Scientist I in the Center for Injury Research and Prevention and Center for Violence Prevention. She currently leads a broad portfolio of research initiatives seeking to strengthen individual and community well-being and mitigate violence. Hillary provides leadership and direction for projects throughout their lifecycles-shaping research design, guiding grant writing, and leading methodological development, data collection and analysis, and dissemination and translation of findings. Hillary maintains strong collaborations with community organizations, contributing to longstanding and active community-academic research.

Hillary also serves as the Community Violence and Trauma Support Research and Evaluation Manager. In this role, she leads the development and continuous improvement of data infrastructures, quality assurance processes, and program evaluation for the Violence Intervention Program (VIP), Family Advocacy and Support Program (FAS), and Building Resilience After Violent Experiences (BRAVE) peer support group.

Hillary's work is ground in an asset-based public health approach and a commitment to studying individual and community health in partnership with community members. She brings a strong focus on adolescent health and well-being to her research efforts, having been motivated to pursue a career in public health after working as a high school English teacher.