Elliot Smith recently graduated from The Univeristy of Iowa, where he received a B.A. in public health and sociology, a certificate in social science analytics, and a minor in Chinese. Elliot is interested in public health work which addresses the intersectional social justice needs of communities suffering health disparities. As an undergraduate, Elliot's research confronted social determinants of health and the sociology of public health inequalities. He remains a research assistant in the multi-institutional Sterilization and Social Justice Lab, and also RA's in a sociological study of emails between public officials who negligently handled the Flint water crisis. As a summer fellow, Elliot will study water sovereignty and corporate power through the Just Public Finance program. Elliot was first introduced to public health and sociology through his LGBTQ advocacy, roots which he reaffirms through his continued work administering HIV tests in LGBTQ spaces and organizing an LGBTQ public health conference.