Kasley Killam, MPH | Social Health & Connection Expert

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Short Bio

Kasley Killam is a leading expert in social health and author of The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier. As a Harvard-trained social scientist, 2X TED speaker, sought-after advisor, and award-winning founder, Killam has been dedicated to improving well-being through human connection for nearly 15 years. Globally recognized for her thought leadership on social health, Killam’s collaborations with top organizations like Google, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the World Economic Forum contribute to building more socially healthy products, workplaces, and communities. Discover her insights in outlets like The New York Times, Forbes, NPR, CNBC, and The Washington Post and join her newsletter community at www.kasleykillam.com.

Long Bio

Kasley Killam is a leading expert in social health and author of The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier. As a Harvard-trained social scientist and award-winning innovator, Kasley has spent nearly 15 years dedicated to improving well-being through the power of human connection.

Globally respected for her thought leadership, Kasley partners with teams across industries as a trusted advisor and sought-after keynote speaker on social health, connection, and loneliness. A 2X TED speaker, 4X Google speaker, and 5X Stanford speaker, Kasley was entrusted with delivering the SXSW 2025 opening keynote and the WIRED Health 2025 closing keynote. With groundbreaking insights and practical strategies, Kasley inspires audiences to live more meaningfully connected lives.

Her collaborations with top organizations like the US Government, the Aspen Institute, and AARP contribute to building more socially healthy products, workplaces, and communities. She is an Impact Fellow at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, serves on the Board of Directors for the Community Living Campaign and the Scientific Advisory Board for Only7Seconds, and founded the national nonprofit Social Health Labs in 2020.

Kasley earned a master’s degree at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Queen’s University in Canada, and professional certificates from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Columbia University. Previously, she led a nationwide community engagement strategy for Verily (Google Life Sciences), conducted research on positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and launched an initiative to promote empathy and kindness that won an award at Stanford University.

An influential public voice and prolific writer, Kasley’s insights are regularly featured in major media outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, NPR, The Guardian, CNBC, Scientific American, The Globe and Mail, Fortune, Health Affairs, The Washington Post, Vox, WIRED, The Boston Globe, and Psychology Today. She pens the popular Substack newsletter, Social Health with Kasley Killam.

For her trailblazing impact, Kasley received the prestigious Eudaimonia Award from UCLA in 2024 and was named one of the 100 Women to Know in America by J.P. Morgan Chase in 2025. She has been recognized as an Aspen Institute Health Fellow, World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Encore Public Voices Fellow, Columbia University Age Boom Fellow, and Mind & Life Institute Visiting Scholar. Kasley was invited to the White House during the Obama presidency and has had the honor of meeting with world leaders, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Bhutan.

Born and raised in Vancouver, she now calls California home and travels the world championing social health.

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