Rebecca Mans Mitchell (born April 22, 1981) is an
American
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epidemiologist
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent diseases.
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, veterinarian, and politician, who served as a member of
Georgia House of Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republican Party (United States), Repu ...
for
District 106.
Early life
Mitchell grew up in
Skaneateles (town), New York
Skaneateles ( , ) is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 7,112. The name is from the Iroquois term for the adjacent ''Skaneateles'' Lake, which means "long lake." The town is on the west ...
. She earned a DVM from
in 2011, a PhD in Comparative Medical Sciences, in 2011, and an undergraduate degree in biology from
Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate education, undergraduate college of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Part of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Scienc ...
. For her undergraduate thesis, she researched the biomechanics of growing animals.
References
External links
Rebecca Mitchell at ballotpedia.org
Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
Living people
21st-century American women politicians
Women state legislators in Georgia (U.S. state)
1981 births
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine alumni
Harvard College alumni
People from Skaneateles, New York
21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly
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