Yasmeen Long is a director at FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, where she leads the Health Equity and Diversity in Clinical Trials portfolio. Her expertise lies within health equity and disparities, health outcomes, policy, clinical research, patient engagement, and social determinants of health. Prior to joining FasterCures, she co-directed the Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine. These fellowships were designed for early- to mid-career national and international health science scholars. 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 research. At PCORI, she built key relationships with academic researchers, health-care providers, patient advocates, and policy stakeholders. Prior to PCORI, she directed global health policy programs in the U.S., Asia, and the Middle East 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: biomedical research, chronic and infectious diseases, and health disparities in patient care. Yasmeen earned a master’s degree in sociology and women’s health from Suffolk University and a bachelor’s degree in health sciences from Howard University.
