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Elise Omaki

Doctoral Student

Program

  • Doctor of Public Health

Biography

Year Entered MCW: 2025
Previous Education: BS, Azusa Pacific University; MHS, Johns Hopkins University

Elise Omaki is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy where she serves as the Center’s Associate Director for Outreach as well as a research manager, data analyst, and resident epidemiologist. She has over twelve years’ experience conducting injury prevention research and practice including work on road traffic safety, home safety, drug overdose, and violence prevention. Ms. Omaki is committed to seeing research translated to practice, and supporting effective implementation of evidence-based injury prevention interventions. Toward that end, she has worked with teams in the public and non-profit sectors to adapt and execute injury prevention efforts and communicate injury research to diverse audiences. She holds an MHS in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a BS in Biology from Azusa Pacific University.