Lillian Agyei

Lillian Agyei 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 extensive experience across public health, health equity, community-centered research, biomedical workforce development, and grantmaking. In her role, Agyei helps develop philanthropic strategies and collaborative approaches to address complex challenges in science and health.

Prior to joining the Milken Institute, Agyei worked at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, where she helped design and manage multimillion-dollar research-funding initiatives, and at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, where she led a national biomedical workforce initiative. Her background also includes nonprofit strategic advising and global public health work with the World Health Organization, GAVI, and the INDEPTH Network. She holds a master of public health in epidemiology from the University of Leeds.