2023 Leadership Journey Project: Integrating Gender Equity Into Malaria Programs
Amanda Marr Chung is the Executive Director at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. She has 20 years of experience in global health, primarily in academia and non-profit organizations. In her roles, she has led strategy and business development and built strategic alliances, with a focus on capacity strengthening, program leadership, management, and evaluation. At UCSF Amanda was the PI on a project to integrate Zimbabwe’s male circumcision services into the HIV prevention program. She also co-developed a leadership and management framework that has been used by frontline health workers to resolve their operational challenges in Eswatini, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Amanda’s experience spans the areas of immunizations, maternal, newborn, and child health, HIV, eye health, and malaria in ten countries. Amanda holds a DrPH from UC Berkeley, an MPH in Community-Oriented Public Health Practice from the University of Washington, and an AB in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University.