Lauren R. Powell, MPA, PhD
Head, Health Equity & Clinical Innovation, Drug Development @ Biogen
About
Dr. Lauren Powell is a Harvard-trained public health leader, health equity visionary, and truth-teller who fearlessly tackles difficult topics out loud. She is a bold voice on dismantling racism across the US health ecosystem, often calling out the urgency of racism as a public health emergency while offering tangible solutions to drive antiracism and activate health equity in healthcare. Through her company, The Equitist, and her social media followership, Dr. Powell reaches thousands of leaders in healthcare and public health every week. Her insights have been featured in Marie Claire, Politico, STAT News, The Guardian, CNBC, BBC, Cheddar, Huffington Post, and PBS News Hour, and she was recently named among Fortune’s 40 Under 40 in Healthcare. Dr. Powell recently served as the inaugural Vice President of US Health Equity & Community Wellness at Takeda Pharmaceuticals where she led a Top 10 pharma company in strategizing and operationalizing health equity. Formerly the Director of Health Equity for the Commonwealth of Virginia, she was the youngest Black woman to serve in this role as a State Health Official responsible for the health and wellness of Virginia’s 8.5 million residents. Her unique trailblazing career has spanned academia, government, the non-profit and private sector industries—and she’s just getting started. When Dr. Powell isn’t busy disrupting the status quo in healthcare, she can be found cooking, decorating her new home, and learning how to drive a boat. *Views expressed are my own*
United States
Washington
Hospital & Health Care
Health Equity, Strategic Planning, Patient Advocacy, Executive Coaching, Public Health, Clinical Research, Grant Writing, Public Speaking, Community Outreach, Healthcare, Clinical Trials, Microsoft Office, Literature Reviews, Infectious Diseases, SPSS, Qualitative Research, PowerPoint, Nonprofits, Teaching, Budgets
Experience
Head, Health Equity & Clinical Innovation, Drug Development
Biogen
Leading the strategic infusion of health equity throughout the drug development lifecycle.
Board Member
Power to Decide
President & CEO
The Equitist
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Visionary founder and leader of The Equitist, LLC.— a niche consulting firm fully dedicated to disrupting the status quo in public health and healthcare by infusing the tenets of anti-racism and health equity in leaders, institutions, and systems. Founded during the height of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, we hold a unique set of qualifications that prepared us to be nationally sought after thought-leaders during this crisis. Working at the forefront of this public health emergency, we helped shape and lead a historic and unprecedented State-level emergency response, through a health equity lens. We provide consultative services in all things health equity. We see the need for equity in everything.
Board Member
Health Brigade, formerly Fan Free Clinic
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Clinical Advisor, Health Equity
Sword Health
Health equity advisor to Sword Health, the only end-to-end platform to prevent, manage, and treat pain. Recently recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer, Sword has become the fastest-growing company in the category since its founding in 2015.
Vice President, US Health Equity & Community Wellness
Takeda
Spearheading the collective impact movement for health equity, in pharma. Building trust, and investing in building generational community wellness in diverse under-resourced communities across the US.
Aspen Ideas Health Fellow
The Aspen Institute
Aspen, Colorado, United States
Competitively selected to attend the 2022 Aspen Ideas Health Festival as an Aspen Health Fellow.
Fellow
Herndon Directors Institute
Competitively selected from a national pool of applicants to participate in the 2022 Herndon Directors Institute Fellowship to diversify corporate boards.
Culture of Health Leaders Fellowship
RWJF
Competitively selected from national pool of applicants to participate in the Culture of Health Leaders Fellowship.
Director, Office of Health Equity
Virginia Department of Health
Richmond, Virginia
Served as Senior Advisor to the State Health Commissioner on health disparities, and led health equity initiatives for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 8.4 million residents. Directed 15 employees and manage a budget in excess of $3.4 million; provided programmatic direction for special populations including rural, minority, and other underserved populations; ensure policies, programs, and services are equitably implemented for optimal health outcomes.
Education
Harvard Kennedy School
Management, Leadership & Decision Sciences Certificate
UMass Chan Medical School
Clinical & Population Health Research (Concentration: Racial Health Disparities)
Xavier University of Louisiana
Biochemistry (Double minor: Mathematics & Biology)
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