Pronouns:

she/her

Email:

makgee@iu.edu

Departments:

Health Policy and Management

Additional Appointments:

Adjunct Faculty

Degrees:

MS, Anatomy, Cellular Biology, and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine

BS, Biology, Indiana University

Biography

MaKenzie Gee is a PhD student in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and a T15 Fellow in the Public & Population Health Informatics Fellowship at the Regenstrief Institute. Her research focuses on public health systems and the governmental public health workforce. In addition to her public health systems workforce research, MaKenzie is passionate about maternal and child health and reproductive health.

Selected Publications

1. Gee M, Yeager VA. (2026). Remote Work Opportunities and Preferences Among Public Health Employees: Implications for Job Satisfaction, Burnout, and Retention. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 32(1S), S95-S108. PMID: 41248535.
2. Gee, M, Taylor H, Yeager, VA. (2025). Competency Gaps Among Governmental Public Health Employees With and Without a Certification in Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 31(6), 946-956. PMID: 40694439. 
3. Gee M, Taylor H, Yeager VA. (2025). Competency gaps among governmental public health employees with and without a formal public health degree: where are we now?. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 31(3), 459-471. PMID: 39868879.
4. Taylor HL, Cuadros P, Gee M, Menachemi N. (2025). The unintended health effects of US COVID-19 lockdowns: a systematic review. Health Affairs Scholar, qxaf208. PMID: 41245505.
5. Singh S, Gee M, Krosin S, Yeager VA. Earnings, Retention, and Inflation: A Five-Year Analysis of Ohio Local Health Department Employees. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. PMID: 42579567. 
6. Singh S, Gee M, Popalis M, Hare Bork R, Yeager VA. (2026). The Price of Dedication: An Analysis of Wage Trajectories in State and Local Public Health From 2017 to 2024. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 32(1S), S135-S145. PMID: 41248540.

Courses Taught

• Influencing the Public’s Health: The Role of Policy (PBHL-H101) Organizational
• Behavior and Human Resources in Healthcare (PBHL-H346)