Irene Dankwa-Mullan
Chief Health Equity Officer, Chief Health Officer, IBM Watson Health
Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan is an industry physician, consultant, scientist, thought leader, health equity scholar with over 20 years of diverse regional and national leadership experience in primary care, healthcare systems, research, and the community. She is Chief Health Equity Officer and Deputy Chief Health Officer at Merative, formerly IBM Watson Health. IBM created the IBM Watson Health unit, bringing together technologies, data and analytics, that would ultimately make up Merative. She was a member of the IBM Industry Academy, a selected community of pre-eminent leaders to drive innovation and engage in cutting-edge work for the industry. She previously served as Deputy Director for extramural scientific programs at NIMHD, NIH. While at the NIH, she was active on several key strategic committees, including many that were cross-sectoral promoting health equity and health in all policies.
She is the lead editor of the resource textbook ‘The Science of Health Disparities Research’ published by Wiley, designed to guide the research community identify relevant questions, design approaches, and conduct studies to advance the discipline. This was a collaborative effort with NIMHD scientists and thought leaders including community advocates. She serves on various advisory boards and mentors in STEM. Dankwa-Mullan has published widely on health equity, applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning, including ethical and responsible AI for social good.
