Dr. Doubeni serves as both chief health equity officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and associate director for DEI at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. He is also a professor in the family and community medicine department. Dr. Doubeni leads the organization’s efforts to address the root of healthcare disparities that adversely impact marginalized groups, aiming to foster more equitable care and health outcomes. In collaboration with other leads, he heads all of the medical center’s health equity and health community initiatives. During his tenure, he has guided the medical center in its development of a roadmap for health equity, implemented a social determinants of health screening tool in all Ohio State hospitals, and championed the inclusion of sustainability in health equity initiatives. Dr. Doubeni is also deputy director of The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, director of The Ohio State University Center for Health Equity, and a member of the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute board of scientific advisors. In 2023, he was recognized with the CURE Distinguished Scholars Seminars award by Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences.
