Nehali Vishwanath is a Policy Analyst at the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR). In this capacity, she authors comprehensive reports, manages strategic initiatives, and conducts data analysis to uplift community-based interventions and policies within criminal justice reform and violence reduction. Nehali leads the Youth Data and Intervention Initiative, an innovative project that focuses on identifying and addressing risk factors for gun violence among youth. She also supports coordination of the National Offices of Violence Prevention Network, a collaboration of around 40 various government agencies across the U.S. whose aim is to promote effective violence reduction strategies. Nehali is passionate about advancing evidence-based policies that target the underlying social determinants of health affecting the prevalence of violence in vulnerable populations.
Nehali earned a B.A. in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University and subsequently completed a Master's in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she was a Bloomberg Fellow.
