Irene Dankwa-Mullan

Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan is a nationally recognized industry physician and scientist, health equity thought leader, scholar, and author with over 20 years of diverse local-regional, national, and global leadership experience healthcare systems, businesses, and the community. She is Chief Health Equity Officer, Deputy Chief Health Officer at IBM Watson Health, IBM. She is a member of the IBM Industry Academy, a selected community of pre-eminent leaders to drive innovation and engage in cutting-edge work. She was formerly Deputy Director, Extramural scientific programs at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH and played a key role on promoting strategic trans-NIH and federal efforts. She is the lead scientific editor of the first authoritative resource textbook ‘The Science of Health Disparities Research’ designed to identify research questions, guide collaborative and participatory efforts with communities to promote health equity.