Meet our team
Valerie L. Ward, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
Dr. Valerie Ward leads the essential work of making Boston Children’s a leader in health equity and inclusivity for all: our patients, our families, and our staff.
Dr. Ward collaborates closely with other Boston Children’s chiefs and senior leaders on a number of initiatives, including:
- creating an innovative coaching and academic advancement program for early career underrepresented faculty
- developing initiatives aimed to improve the recruitment, retention, and development of our diverse workforce
- evaluating existing and developing new health equity quality metrics that inform how we deliver care to all children
- improving processes for the delivery of culturally effective pediatric care
- collaborating on multidisciplinary research studies to improve child health outcomes
Externally, Dr. Ward represents Boston Children’s and its commitment to health equity on the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) Health Equity Leadership Workgroup and the newly created SPS Ambulatory Foundations Workgroup.
Amanda Grice
Program Director
Julia Ainsworth, MPH, CPH
Project Manager
Patrice Melvin, MPH
Senior Data Analyst
Read more about Lois K. Lee, MD, MPH
Senior Faculty Advisor, Office and Health Equity & Inclusion; Senior Associate in Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Sabra Katz-Wise, PhD
Staff Scientist
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Read more about Snehal Shah, MD
Senior Faculty Advisor, Office and Health Equity & Inclusion
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School