Department: Community and Behavioral Health

Year of Intended Graduation: 2028

Previous Education: BS, Physiological Science, University of California—Los Angeles (2016); MPH, University of California—Irvine (2019)

Research Interest: Quality of care in emergency departments, implementation science, mixed-methods approaches

Current Activities: Emily Janio is an MD-PhD student completing her PhD in the Community and Behavior Health Department with Dr. Natoshia Askelson. Under Dr. Askelson’s guidance, she is supporting an intervention to train dental providers to recommend the HPV vaccine. Her long-term goal is to use both quantitative and qualitative methods to implement interventions in emergency department settings to improve the quality of care provided.