Erikka Loftfield is an accomplished epidemiologist with extensive experience in cancer research. She has been with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for over nine years, serving as a Principal Investigator since August 2020. Prior to this role, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at NCI and a Pre-doctoral Fellow at Yale School of Public Health. Erikka's educational background includes a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and an MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from Yale School of Public Health. She also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2005 to 2007.