Veronica E. Helms, MPH, is a Social Science Analyst with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH). She recently joined OLHCHH from HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), Office of Research, Evaluation and Monitoring (OREM). Veronica conducts in-house research at HUD and provides analytical support for HUD administrative data. Her research focuses utilizing complex data sources to examine the link between housing and health, social determinants of health, data linkage, and maternal and child health populations. Veronica is also a part-time doctoral candidate in Health Equity and Social Justice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.