Dean at UC Berkeley School of Public Healthy

Dr. Michael C. Lu is the dean of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to coming to Berkeley, Lu served as director of the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau under the Obama Administration. During his tenure, he transformed key federal programs in maternal and child health, and launched major initiatives to reduce maternal, infant, and child mortality across the nation. For his leadership, he was awarded the prestigious U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Hubert H. Humphrey Service to America Award in 2013.

Prior to his public service, Lu was a professor of obstetrics-gynecology and public health at UCLA, where his research focused on racial-ethnic disparities in birth outcomes from a life-course perspective. He co-directed the residency program in obstetrics and gynecology and a training grant in maternal and child health, and received several prestigious awards for his teaching. As a practicing obstetrician for nearly two decades, he has attended more than 1000 births, and has been voted one of the Best Doctors in America since 2005. Lu has served on three National Academy of Medicine Committees, and co-authored the recently released report  Vibrant and Healthy Kids: Aligning Science, Practice, and Policy to Advance Health Equity.

Lu received his bachelor’s degrees in political science and human biology from Stanford University, master’s degrees in health and medical sciences and public health from UC Berkeley, medical degree from UC San Francisco, and residency training in obstetrics and gynecology from UC Irvine.

呂淳祺院長 Dean Michael Lu目前擔任 UC Berkeley公共衛生學院院長。在2019年到任之前，曾任歐巴馬政府下屬的聯邦婦幼保健局局長，在職期間降低了全國孕產婦、嬰兒和兒童死亡率，並於 2013 年獲頒衛服部服務美國獎章。在擔任公職前，呂院長是 UCLA 的婦產科和公共衛生學教授，研究成果卓著，並在近 20 年的執業生涯接生了 1000 多次，自 2005 年起被評為美國最佳醫生之一。呂院長於Stanford獲政治學和人類生物學學位，在UC Berkeley 獲得健康與醫學科學和公衛碩士學位，於UCSF 獲得醫學學位，並在 UC Irvine完成婦產科住院醫師培訓。