Yasmeen Long, M.A., is a nationally recognized expert in biomedical research, health outcomes, domestic and global health policy, patient advocacy, and stakeholder engagement. Long has earned media featured in Forbes, Modern Healthcare, Bloomberg Law, Endpoints News, National Journal, Science News, The Scientist Magazine, and Regulatory Focus. Long is also recognized as a consultant and strategic advisor for health, biotechnology, research organizations, individuals, and graduate students. Long was a former director at FasterCures, at the Milken Institute, a global think tank. She created, developed, and led the first health equity and diversity in clinical trials portfolio at FasterCures during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and thereafter. Long’s impactful work led to federal policy development and implementation for biomedical research and innovation in drug development.
Prior to joining the Milken Institute, Long served as the co-director of the Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs Office at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She also served as a program officer at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) where she executed strategic objectives to advance patient and stakeholder engagement in patient-centered outcomes and clinical comparative effectiveness research. Prior to PCORI, she directed global health policy and tobacco control programs in the U.S., Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, and Turkey, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in collaboration with the Bloomberg Philanthropies and the World Health Organization.
Earlier in her career, she managed research programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the following areas: clinical research, chronic and infectious disease, and patient-physician communication in primary care. Long earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in health sciences and management from Howard University and a Master’s degree in women’s health and sociology from Suffolk University.
