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Emily
B.
Wilson
,
MHS

Senior Research Associate

Departmental Affiliations

Primary
Division
Health Systems

Center & Institute Affiliations

Contact Info

615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E8035
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        

Research Interests

global health, evaluation, data science

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
MHS
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2007
BS
Davidson College
2005
Overview

I am a data scientist with expertise in creating data capture systems and analytical pipelines to measure maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes. I am also interested in statistical methods development, cause of death estimation, and vaccine advocacy.

Select Publications
  • Jacob Fiksel, Brian Gilbert, Emily Wilson, Henry Kalter, Almamy Kante, Aveika Akum, Dianna Blau, Quique Bassat, Ivalda Macicame, Eduardo Samo Gudo, Robert Black, Scott Zeger, Agbessi Amouzou, Abhirup Datta. 2023. Correcting for verbal autopsy misclassification bias in cause-specific mortality estimates. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108(supplement), 66-77.

  • Liliana Carvajal-Aguirre, Emily Wilson, Jennifer Harris Requejo, Holly Newby, Cristina de Carvalho Eriksson, Mengjia Liang, Mardieh Dennis, Fatima Gohar, Aline Simen Kapeu, Priscilla Idele, Agbessi Amouzou. 2020. Basic maternal care coverage among adolescents in 22 sub-saharan african countries with high adolescent birth rates, Journal of Global Health, 10(2), 021401.

  • Rebecca A. Heidkamp, Emily Wilson, Purnima Menon, Helen Kuo, Shelley Walton, Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Inacio Crochemore da Silva, Tricia Aung, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Ellen Piwoz. 2020. How can we realize the full potential of health systems for nutrition?, BMJ, 368, l6911.  

  • Emily Wilson, Elizabeth Hazel, Lois Park, Emily Carter, Lawrence Moulton, Rebecca Heidkamp, Jamie Perin. 2020. Obtaining district-level health estimates using geographically masked location from Demographic and Health Survey data, International Journal of Health Geographics, 19(1), 2.

  • Emily Wilson, Lois A. Park, Scott Zeger, Timothy Roberton. 2017. Reimagining statistical analysis for evidenced-based policy making: early experiences using Stats Report, Journal of Global Health, 7(2), 020306.

Projects
Countdown to 2030 Phase II - Data Analysis Center & GFF Country Collaboration
Real Accountability: Data Analysis For Results (RADAR)
Understanding the Impact of Covid-19 on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health & Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa
VoICE: Value of Immunization Compendium of Evidence
Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action COMSA