Wendy Shields

Wendy Shields is a senior scientist in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management and is a core faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, where she has worked as a research manager for 25 years. She completed her master’s training at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health after serving as Peace Corps volunteer. Shields’ research interests include the prevention of unintentional injuries, with a focus on home and motor vehicle injuries. She served as the primary investigator of multiple FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grants that aimed to improve smoke alarm coverage in homes.