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
- José Alaniz, professor of Slavic Languages & Literature, College of Arts & Sciences
- 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
- John Fortney, professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
- Sarah Gimbel, professor of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, School of Nursing
- Ivy Lin, acting assistant professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry
- Melanie Malone, associate professor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell
- Hamed Mamani, professor of Operations Management, Foster School of Business
- Peggy Odegard, professor and vice dean, School of Pharmacy
- Deborah Eniola Oladipo, graduate student representative, Schools of Medicine and Public Health
- Elizabeth Pendo, professor and senior associate dean, School of Law
- Afroditi Psarra, associate professor of DXARTS, College of Arts & Sciences
- Suzie Pun, professor of Bioengineering, College of Engineering and School of Medicine
- Marie Spiker, assistant professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Dylan Stevenson, assistant professor of Urban Design and Planning, College of Built Environments
- David Suárez, Colleen Willoughby endowed professor in Philanthropy & Civil Society, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
- Ava Vaughan, undergraduate representative, College of the Environment and Foster School of Business
- Lucy Lu Wang, assistant professor, Information School
- Joseph Zunt, professor of Global Health and Neurology, Schools of Medicine and Public Health
- Mary Gresch, senior vice president, University Advancement
- Ahmad Ezzeddine, vice provost, UW Global
- Derek Fulwiler, Initiative executive director, Executive Office
Emeritus members
The Council thanks its emeritus members for their service to the initiative.