Melissa Creary

Melissa Creary, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She is also Co-founder of the Collaborative for Transformative Public Health (CTPH), Co-Director of Blue Cross Blue Shield sponsored Collaborative Quality Initiative: Michigan Social Health Interventions to Eliminate Disparities (MSHIELD) and Senior Advisor of Public Health, Policy, and Equity at the American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network (ATHN). She received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies (focusing on Health, History, and Culture) at the Graduate Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) and Master's in Public Health at Emory University. With over 25 years of experience, she has dedicated her career to the sickle cell and bleeding disorder communities in roles as a scientist, policy maker, and interdisciplinary researcher. Dr. Creary's primary research interests include how science, culture, and policy intersect, particularly around ethical, legal, and social concerns (ELSI). She uses historical, anthropological, and public health methods to create a body of research that centers community voice and helps us understand society's commitments to justice, science, and belonging – and uses sickle cell disease as a case to investigate simultaneous constructions of race and science via the development of policy. Her research has been published in leading journals, including Social Science and Medicine, JAMA Open Network and The American Journal of Bioethics. For more information visit: www.melissacreary.com