Jennifer Elia, DrPH

MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH LEAD

Jennifer Elia, DrPH, is the Maternal and Infant Health Lead for ECAS. She has worked in public health and clinical research and practice for more than a decade, previously in hospital and academic settings. Through community engagement and qualitative and quantitative methods, her work has focused on pregnancy intention, contraceptive use, and maternal/child health. Jennifer is passionate about better understanding and ameliorating health disparities among Native Hawaiian and other populations, while partnering with community organizations and healthcare providers to improve the accessibility, effectiveness, and cultural relevance of health services, systems, and education.

Raised in rural Puna on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, Jennifer currently lives with her husband and two young sons in Honolulu. Jennifer received her BA in the History of Science & Medicine and her MPH in Health Policy & Administration from Yale University, and her DrPH in Community-Based & Translational Research from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.