Elise Omaki
Research Associate & Faculty Member, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
Elise Omaki, MHS, is a Research Associate and a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Academic Background
Elise Omaki, MHS, is a Research Associate and a core faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. She was trained in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and has over ten years’ experience conducting injury prevention research including work on child passenger safety, home safety, prescription drug overdose, and violence prevention. Elise has a particular interest in translating research into practice, and in understanding how to effectively implement evidence-based policies and programs. Toward that end, Elise has worked with teams in the public and non-profit sectors to adapt and execute injury prevention efforts. She has designed and evaluated smartphone apps for injury prevention and subsequently guided the translation of those programs from research tools to products available to the wider public. Elise is based in the Seattle area, and supports PIRL’s CMTO program by conducting qualitative interviews with participants.
Research Interests: Home safety, child injury prevention, prescription drug overdose prevention, violence prevention
Research Projects: CMTO (PIRL), Safety In Seconds (JHCIRP), Johns Hopkins Home Safety Project (JHCIRP)
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