Keynote Speaker

Jessica B. Steier, DRPH, PMP
GPH Keynote Speaker

An accomplished public health expert and a respected independent voice on health science, the 2026 GPH Keynote Speaker is Jessica Steier, DrPH, PMP. She is founder and CEO of Unbiased Science, a health communications company that brings data to life for general audiences seeking rigorous scientific inquiry. A graduate with her MPH from Stony Brook University, she earned her DrPH in Health Policy and Management from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Dr. Steier’s August guest essay in The New York Times revealed the messaging tactics behind one of the most damaging myths in public health: that vaccines cause autism. She is dedicated to rigorous scientific inquiry in the service of improved community health and welfare. Dr. Steier’s work has also featured in The Lancet, Salon, NBC, Forbes and Nature, and she writes prolifically on Substack. 

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