Sachiko (Sachi) Ozawa, PhD, MHS, is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Maternal and Child Health at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in the United States. She is a health economist whose work focuses on generating evidence to improve access to vaccines and quality-assured medicines, working at the interface between pharmacy and public health. She has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals conducting research on the value of vaccines, the economic impact of substandard and falsified medicines, and the threat of illegitimate online pharmacies. Her work has been presented at the National Press Club, became Health Affairs’ top 10 most read articles in 2016, cited by the Prime Minister of Canada, and was tweeted by Bill Gates. Her work has been reported by the Washington Post, Forbes, CNN Business, Reuters, National Public Radio (NPR), and other news media.