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Elle Lett is a Black transgender woman, statistician-epidemiologist, and physician-in-training. Through her work, she applies the theories and principles of Black feminism to measuring and mitigating the health impacts of systemic racism, transphobia, and other forms of discrimination on oppressed groups in the United States. To date, her work has focused on intersectional approaches to transgender health, police violence as a manifestation of systemic racism, algorithmic fairness and representation, and inclusion in the healthcare workforce. She holds a bachelor's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Harvard College, master's degrees in Biostatistics and Statistics from Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, respectively, and a PhD in Epidemiology from UPenn, where she is also currently completing her MD in the Perelman School of Medicine. She serves as the Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health and Clinical Assistant Professor in Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health. She also serves as an Associate Editor for Health Equity, the International Journal of Transgender Health, and on the editorial boards of Transgender Health and the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.