Cara Janusz, PhD

Cara Janusz, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Implementation Science in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She joined faculty in November 2022 after completing a post-doctoral training fellowship in pediatric health services research at the University of Michigan’s Child Health Evaluation and Research Center. She holds a PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences from the University of Michigan and previously worked on global immunization policy and programs at the Pan American Health Organization. Her research focuses on optimizing the delivery of health promotion and prevention to improve health and wellbeing, particularly in children. Dr. Janusz’s program of research combines her interdisciplinary methods expertise in economic evaluations and evaluative sciences to examine under-immunization patterns and to identify and scale strategies and policies that can improve vaccine uptake.