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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Skin infections and hepatitis spread as Gazans resort to drinking and bathing in contaminated water
J. Stephen Morrison in NBC — August 10, 2024
‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas
J. Stephen Morrison in The Guardian — June 23, 2024
U.S. Pier for Gaza Aid Is Failing, and Could Be Dismantled Early
J. Stephen Morrison in The New York Times — June 19, 2024
U.S. Pier for Gaza Aid Is Failing, and Could Be Dismantled Early
J. Stephen Morrison in The New York Times — June 18, 2024
‘Smokescreen’: officials voice concern over US plans for Gaza aid pier
J. Stephen Morrison in The Guardian — April 24, 2024
Facts and Falsehoods: Israel's Attacks Against Gaza's Hospitals
J. Stephen Morrison in Think Global Health — March 15, 2024
Opinion Israel and Hamas probe for a pause that both sides need
J. Stephen Morrison in The Washington Post — January 24, 2024
Leonard Leo’s Dark Money Groups Are Targeting AIDS Relief
J. Stephen Morrison in The New Republic — January 18, 2024
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CommonHealth Live! with Dr. Rahul Gupta
Event — December 18, 2024
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times: "Humility is a word I hear a lot in public health."
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — December 12, 2024
CommonHealth Live! with Assistant Secretary Loyce Pace
Event — December 10, 2024
Michael Merson, Professor Emeritus, Duke University: “We need a plan.”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — November 26, 2024
The End of UNRWA? Then What?—Gaza: The Human Toll
Event — November 19, 2024
Javier Guzman, Center for Global Development: “Yes it was successful, but...”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — October 23, 2024
Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar’s Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll
Event — October 22, 2024
The Quad’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative
Commentary by Erin L. Murphy, Katherine E. Bliss, and J. Stephen Morrison — October 22, 2024
An Update, As Year Two Unfolds—Gaza: The Human Toll
Event — October 15, 2024
Dr. Michael Osterholm, Professor and Director, Center or Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), U. Minnesota: We need “a pretty damn healthy dose of humility.”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — October 11, 2024