Jewel Mullen, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., FACP is Associate Dean for Health Equity at Dell Medical School, as well as an associate professor in the school’s population health and internal medicine departments. She also serves as Director of Health Equity at Ascension Seton. An internist, epidemiologist, and public health leader, Mullen is the former principal deputy assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also served as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Medical Director of Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center. Her career has spanned clinical, research, teaching, and administrative roles focused on improving the health of all people, especially those who are underserved. She is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in building effective community-based chronic disease prevention programs and for her commitment to improving individual and population health by strengthening coordination between community, public health, and health care systems. She is a member of the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.