Sachiko Ozawa

Sachiko Ozawa is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She specializes in global health economics, focusing on vaccine value, disease burden analysis, and healthcare utilization. Her work influences policy at organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WHO, and Gavi.

Education: Ph.D. (2010) and M.H.S. (2007) in International Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; B.S. (2003) from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Notable honors include membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Omega societies.

Research interests include assessing the economic impact of substandard medicines, strengthening immunization programs, and modeling antimicrobial resistance. Recent studies highlight cost savings from detecting poor-quality antibiotics in Kenya and the role of pharmacists in vaccination services in low-income countries.

Her 2025 articles examine substandard uterotonic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa and HPV vaccine strategies. Awards include contributions to Gavi’s $7.5B funding replenishment and Africa’s 2016 immunization declaration. Ozawa’s lab recruits researchers to advance global health economics through innovative methodologies.