Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D., MSPH, is a Senior Epidemiologist specializing in maternal and child health and health equity. She has extensive experience designing and implementing epidemiologic studies across maternal health, infectious disease, and population health, with a focus on improving clinical outcomes through data-driven health services research, program evaluation and implementation science. Her work includes digital health initiatives, data standardization and enhancing obstetric data collection systems to support research and care delivery. She has published in peer-reviewed journals, with an emphasis on research that informs clinical care and health policy and is a committed mentor and collaborator advancing multidisciplinary research to address health outcomes.