Garth Graham

Graham served at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health. In this role, he contributed to national initiatives addressing social determinants of health.^[5] He also served as a White House Fellow from 2003 to 2004^[6] and as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.^[7]

Graham served as an Assistant Dean for Health Policy and Chief of Health Services Research at the University of Florida School of Medicine.^[8] Since 2020, he has been a member of the faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.^[9]

Graham served as President of the Aetna Foundation, where he led philanthropic initiatives focused on community health and social determinants of health. He later became vice president and Chief Community Health Officer at CVS Health, overseeing national strategies related to community health, preventive care, and public health initiatives.^[10]

Graham joined Google Health as managing director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health, and Head of YouTube Health.^[11][12][13]

• 2001 – Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Yale School of Medicine^[3]
• 2008 – Caribbean American Heritage Award^[14]
• 2010 – Top 25 Minority Healthcare Executives, Modern Healthcare^[15]
• 2011 – Inaugural Credo Award, American College of Cardiology^[16]
• 2014 – Top Physician in Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University / BlackDoctor.org^[17]
• 2020 – Elected member, National Academy of Medicine^[18]
• 2021 – Elected member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering^[19]
• 2021 – Honorary Doctor of Laws, Regis University^[20]
• 2021 – Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine established the Garth N. Graham Distinguished Lectureship Award to recognize individuals whose work advances health equity.^[21]
• 2024 – Honorary Doctor of Laws, Eastern Virginia Medical School^[22]