Michael C Lu, MD, MS, MPH is dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. He was formerly the director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau where he led a federal bureau with an annual budget of $1.2 billion and a portfolio of more than 100 federal programs which served more than 57 million women, children and families annually. During his tenure, he helped transform key federal programs, launched major national initiatives to reduce maternal, infant, and child mortality in the U.S., and was awarded the prestigious Hubert H Humphrey Award for Service to America. Dr. Lu received his bachelor degrees from Stanford, master degrees from UC Berkeley, MD from UCSF, and completed residency training in ob-gyn at UC Irvine. Prior to his federal service, Dr. Lu was professor of ob-gyn and public health at UCLA for nearly 15 years, and was best known for his research on racial-ethnic disparities in pregnancy outcomes from a life-course perspective, which has been credited for helping to bring about a paradigm shift in maternal and child health research. He has served on three National Academy of Medicine Committees, and been voted one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005.