Dr. Kaipust received his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH). He then completed his Ph.D. in Epidemiology, and was a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Doctoral Occupational Epidemiology Trainee at the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at UTSPH.

Dr. Kaipust serves as an Epidemiologist/Biostatistician in the Research Methodology and Data Analytics core at NDRI-USA, and in that role has been involved in the design, conduct, and analysis of several large studies on first responder/law enforcement/military health and safety.

His research focuses on Total Worker Health and health disparities in the occupational setting.