Christopher Kaipust is a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Doctoral Occupational Epidemiology Trainee at the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at University of Texas School of Public Health. Kaipust received his master’s of public health in epidemiology from the University of Texas School of Public Health, with a focus on nutritional and chronic disease epidemiology. He is currently finishing his PhD in epidemiology with a focus on occupational health. His primary research interest is on the total worker health of firefighters, or the interaction between personal health and occupational health and safety.