J. Stephen Morrison

Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center
J. Stephen Morrison

J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, is a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and directs its Global Health Policy Center. Through several high-level commissions, he has shaped decisions in Congress and the administration on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and gender equality, and health security, including pandemic preparedness. Currently, the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security is addressing critical post-Covid challenges. Since 2018, Morrison has led global health security fora at the annual Munich Security Conference. He directed The New Barbarianism, an award-winning documentary on violence against the health sector. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he has directed seven episodes of the CSIS video series Ukraine: The Human Price of War. He cohosts the weekly podcast series The CommonHealth. From 2021 to 2023, he served as the James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. He is a trustee of the China Medical Board, a member of the board of the Rostropovich Vishnevskaya Foundation, and a member of advisory boards to the International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Humanitarian Health. He served in the Clinton administration on the secretary of state’s Policy Planning Staff and on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa. He taught for 12 years at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, holds a PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale College.

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The CommonHealth

Dr. Stephanie Psaki, former Assistant to the President and White House Global Health Security Coordinator: “We are wandering in the desert.”

Dr. Stephanie Psaki—a newly minted CSIS Senior Adviser—shares the story of her personal evolution as a scholar, senior political appointee at the HHS Office of Global Affairs, White House National Security Council, and faculty at Brown University School of Public Health.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and Stephanie Psaki — April 24, 2025

The CommonHealth
The CommonHealth

Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs (ret.): “I cannot recall anything similar to this.”

In this conversation, Major General Paul Friedrichs (ret.), the inaugural director of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, reviews the multiple changes in health security now unfolding in the first 100 days of the second Trump term.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and Paul Friedrichs — April 17, 2025

The CommonHealth
The CommonHealth

Tom Bollyky, CFR: China will not fill the gap “as the dominant actor in global health security exits the stage.”

Tom Bollyky, CFR, walks us through his recent incisive work on two fronts. First, will China supplant US leadership in global health in the wake of the U.S. retreat? Listen to learn why the answer is a definitive "No!" and the dangers that foretells. Second, what might the U.S. exit mean for Latin America?

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — April 3, 2025

The CommonHealth
The Truth of the Matter

Measles Outbreak Implications

The United States is experiencing the worst measles outbreak in 30 years and the highest rate of contraction in the past six years after nearly eradicating the disease. CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison joins the podcast to discuss the outbreak and the risks associated with it.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and J. Stephen Morrison — March 12, 2025

CSIS the truth of the matter
The CommonHealth

Measles Outbreak Implications

In a special crossover episode with CSIS's The Truth of the Matter, Andrew Schwartz and Steve discuss the recent measles outbreak and risks associated with it.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and H. Andrew Schwartz — March 12, 2025

The CommonHealth