Elizabeth Stafford

Elizabeth Stafford is an associate director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration team within the Strategic Philanthropy pillar at the Milken Institute. She brings expertise in mental health and person-centered research to the Institute’s partnerships with philanthropists and foundations, developing collaborative strategies to optimize philanthropic investment in advancing mental health research priorities. 

Previously, Stafford served as director of research at the National Alliance on Mental Illness. She holds an MPH in epidemiology, with a certificate in public health genetics, from the University of Michigan.