Lexi Palacios
Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lexi Palacios is an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. She works on the Foodborne Outbreak Response Team where she investigates multistate outbreaks of enteric pathogens linked to food. Lexi works with state and federal partners to rapidly respond to outbreaks and quickly identify the source to prevent additional illness. Lexi has worked on the Foodborne Outbreak Response team for five years. She received her Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health.