LTC Shay Lopez serves as the Injury Prevention Branch (IPB) Chief for the Defense Centers for Public Health - Aberdeen (DCPH-A), Maryland. She supervises and manages epidemiologists, health scientists, and contractors and is responsible for editorial review, consultation, and liaising with all military Services.

LTC Lopez commissioned in 2008 as a second lieutenant (2LT) undergoing Army Officer Basic Leadership Course (ABOLC) in order to attend the Army-Baylor Doctoral in Physical Therapy (DPT) Program at now Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA). She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2011 and immediately began her first assignment as a first lieutenant (1LT) and hospital staff physical therapist (PT) at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

LTC Lopez served in the United States Army for the past 16 years, holding various clinical, leadership, consultative, and management positions for the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Medical Command (MEDCOM), and United States Regular Army and Special Forces. Her military awards and decorations consist of Joint Services Achievement Medal (JSAM), Army Commendation Medals (ARCOM), Army Superior Unit Award (ASUA), Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC), Army Achievement Medals (AAM), the Parachutist Badge and German Armed Forces Badge, Gold (GAFB-G).