Dr. Emma Sacks

Epidemiologist/advocating for children/global health equity/frontline/volunteer

Dr. Sacks, perinatal and pediatric epidemiologist, lead one of the teams synthesizing evidence on SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk in pregnant women, neonates, infants, and children, for UNICEF. An advocate for global health equity, she worked with Ministries of Health in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to procure equipment and develop trainings for safe neonatal and pediatric oxygen administration. Growing up and living in upper Manhattan, one of the earliest and hardest hit regions, she served as a volunteer with PPE2NYC and NYCares to organize emergency supply donations to NYC hospitals, contracting COVID herself while on the frontlines, and she currently volunteers at a mass vaccination site through the NYC Medical Reserve Corps. Dr. Sacks is one of many behind-the-scenes scientists working to keep everyone safe.