Assistant Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, School of Global Health
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee
Christian Amador, MBA, MSc, serves as the Assistant Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the School of Global Health (SGH) at Meharry Medical College. Tasked with developing and leading the strategy plan for the newly established school, Christian provides oversight in developing and driving the adopted mission, vision, and vision imperatives. In his cross-sectional role, he is tasked with advancing health equity and the political determinants of health framework through school-wide initiatives that create systemic change at the intersection of policy and equity in four main areas: mental health, population health, the political determinants of health, and communications. In his previous cross-sectional role as the Director of Health Equity Initiatives, at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine, Christian provided operational and leadership support to all health equity-focused programs, while also engaging in scholarly research and writing. Notable roles include project lead in the Uber 10 Million Rides to Move Us Toward Recovery project which provided equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for disproportionately impacted communities, and the Office of Minority Health-Deloitte partnered Health Equity Accelerator project.
Christian has co-authored several journal publications highlighting the effects of the political determinants of health on population health outcomes, including the Executive Leadership Council, the American Society on Aging Generations Journal, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. Christian co-authored The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States report.
Christian has been invited to provide several presentations and lectures on various topics at the intersection of health equity such as 2023 American Psychiatric Association Black Caucus Panel, Climate Change and Health Equity Fellowship (CHEF), The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, National Medical Association, and others.
Previously, Christian held multiple leadership roles as a healthcare administrator in his ten-year tenure for a Level I Trauma Center in South Florida witnessing firsthand the challenges that exist within the U.S. healthcare system. Christian has also conducted cancer research at the National Institute on Aging at Johns Hopkins Bayview Biomedical Research Center, as well as the toxicological effects of the environment on the human population while at the Center for Environmental & Human Toxicology. Christian holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida, a Master of Science in Biomedical Science from Barry University, and a Master of Business Administration focusing on Complex Health Systems from Nova Southeastern University.
RS3 - The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT