Daniel E. Dawes, JD, is a respected healthcare and public health leader, health policy expert, educator, and researcher who serves as Senior Vice President of Global Health Equity and the Executive Director of the Institute of Global Health Equity at Meharry Medical College. He is the author of “150 Years of ObamaCare” and “The Political Determinants of Health.” Professor Dawes was instrumental in developing and negotiating the Mental Health Parity Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, and the Affordable Care Act’s health equity-focused provisions, as well as the principal investigator for the nation’s first health equity tracker, co-founder of the Health Equity Leadership and Exchange Network, and a principal investigator of the HHS National COVID-19 Resiliency Network. Professor Dawes is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and an elected fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. He serves as an advisor to The White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and as a member of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR).