Over the course of the UW’s 25-year vision for the Population Health Initiative, the president and provost recognize the need to stay nimble with respect to the leadership of, and the individuals involved with, this effort.
The Initiative’s internal governance group, its executive council, draws from the expertise of senior leaders, faculty, students and staff representing a range of contributing colleges, schools, programs and stakeholder units.
Population Health Initiative executive council
The Population Health Initiative is governed internally by a 30-member executive council responsible for developing, implementing and measuring progress toward the initiative’s goals.
Current members
The executive council represents all three UW campuses as well as the undergraduate and graduate student populations.
- Robert J. Jones, president; chair
- Tricia Serio, provost and executive vice president
- Ali Mokdad, chief strategy officer for population health; professor of health metrics sciences (IHME); vice chair
- Sylvia Bagley, assistant teaching professor, College of Education
- Clara Berridge, associate professor, School of Social Work
- Gregory Bratman, associate professor, College of the Environment
- Joan Casey, associate professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health
- Lydia Chwastiak, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Yonn Dierwechter, professor of Urban Studies, UW Tacoma
- Audrey Dorélien, associate professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Ahmad Ezzeddine, vice provost, UW Global
- Victoria Fang, clinical professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
- Katherine Foster, associate professor of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Sarah Gimbel, professor of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, School of Nursing
- Barbara Goff, professor and chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine
- Mary Gresch, senior vice president, University Advancement
- Jing Li, associate professor of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
- Melanie Malone, associate professor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell
- Hamed Mamani, professor of Operations Management, Foster School of Business
- Stipica Mudrazija, assistant professor of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health
- Jade Orr, assistant professor of Landscape Architecture, College of Built Environments
- Cameron Randall, assistant professor of Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry
- Sara Raza, lecturer, School of Law
- Cris Resto, graduate student, Public Health Nutrition
- David Suárez, Colleen Willoughby endowed professor in Philanthropy & Civil Society, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
- Anna Tiberi, undergraduate student, Environmental Studies
- Lucy Lu Wang, assistant professor, Information School
- Miqin Zhang, professor of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering
- Derek Fulwiler, Initiative executive director, Executive Office
Emeritus members
The Council thanks its emeritus members for their service to the initiative.