Y. Tony Yang is an endowed professor (with tenure) in Health Policy at the George Washington (GW) University School of Nursing. He also holds a joint appointment at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management. In addition, he serves as a Program Lead for Cancer Control and Health Equity at the GW Cancer Center and is an affiliated faculty member with GW Trustworthy AI Initiative, and the Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics. His scholarship focuses on the impact of law and policy on healthcare delivery and population health outcomes. Dr. Yang has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including NEJM, JAMA, and The Lancet, and is the author of Achieving Health Equity: The Role of Law and Policy (2024). He has received over $7 million in federal research grants as a principal investigator. Dr. Yang is a member of the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on TB vaccines, serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Health Policy and Technology, and serves on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. He holds graduate degrees in Public Health and Health Policy from Harvard and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.