Sarah Wells Kocsis

Sarah Wells Kocsis oversees the Public Health programmatic pillars for Milken Institute Health which focuses on mental health, prevention, chronic disease, infrastructure, and other timely issues that are critical to advancing the role of public health in supporting healthy and productive communities. She is also responsible for day-to-day operations for the Public Health team. In her prior role as director, Wells Kocsis led research projects on public-private partnerships in public health, chronic kidney disease, obesity, the pharmaceutical supply chain, and employer-sponsored health care. For the past three decades, she has helped organizations at the nexus of science, innovation, business, and philanthropy drive public-policy solutions to optimize patient access to care. Wells Kocsis has held senior-level positions at Boston Scientific, Amgen, Hologic, and the Society for Women's Health Research. She holds a master's in business administration from the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business and a bachelor of science in biology from Tulane University. Wells Kocsis serves as a board member of HealthyWomen.