Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson, MD, MPH, MSHS is the Chief of Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence for the UCLA Health System and the Chief Health Equity Officer for University of California Health. She is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. In her current roles, she is responsible for providing executive strategic oversight of organizational structures, policies and initiatives that promote inclusivity and health care equity for patients and communities throughout the Los Angeles area and the state of California. Dr. Briggs-Malonson prides herself in building a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. This has led her to become a nationally recognized healthcare improvement advisor, speaker, and best-selling author. She has held several administrative and academic roles throughout her career focused on innovative healthcare system redesign using technology to advance health equity and justice within diverse communities. For the past 3 years, Dr. Briggs-Malonson has served as the Co-Chair of Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) for the past 3 years, the United States federally designated committee that provides advisory recommendations to the HHS Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator, additional HHS agencies, and Congress.

Dr. Briggs-Malonson received her undergraduate degree from UCLA, MD from Harvard Medical School, MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and her MSHS from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is a UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar alum.

Dr. Briggs-Malonson has received several awards of recognition, including her most recent awards that include the 2024 CA Black Women’s Collective Advocacy Trailblazer Award, 2024 Modern Healthcare Top Diversity Leader in Healthcare, Fierce 50 Health Equity Award, and 2024 LA Times Visionary Award.