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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CommonHealth Live! with Dr. Rahul Gupta

In the ninth episode of the CommonHealth Live! series, J. Stephen Morrison will sit down with Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Event — December 18, 2024

The CommonHealth

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times: "Humility is a word I hear a lot in public health."

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, the NYT health correspondent, feels her decades of health and political reporting  prepare her well for understanding this remarkable moment in American history. Anger and alienation against the health sector and science are surging, drawing both on historical roots and current dynamics.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — December 12, 2024

The CommonHealth

CommonHealth Live! with Assistant Secretary Loyce Pace

In the eighth episode of the CommonHealth Live! series, J. Stephen Morrison will sit down with Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Event — December 10, 2024

The CommonHealth

Michael Merson, Professor Emeritus, Duke University: “We need a plan.”

How do we explain the peril that global health faces? Covid and the post-Covid backlash. The Biden years’ “status quo” approach. Less support in Europe. Excessive debt in Africa. The generational shift in Congress and aging of the flagship programs: “Time has passed.”

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — November 26, 2024

The CommonHealth
The CommonHealth

Javier Guzman, Center for Global Development: “Yes it was successful, but...”

Javier Guzman, Center for Global Development debriefs on the High Level Meeting on Anti-Microbial Resistance held in New York City on September 26. Successes took several forms: significant new data, analyses, and projections; a political declaration committed to the creation of a scientific panel; elevation of equity of access and accountability; a target to reduce deaths by 10% by 2030; and agreement to convene again in 5 years.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — October 23, 2024

The CommonHealth

The Quad’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative

The Quad’s new Cancer Moonshot Initiative to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific can leverage the strengths of Quad members, create enduring capabilities, and potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives.

Commentary by Erin L. Murphy, Katherine E. Bliss, and J. Stephen Morrison — October 22, 2024