A. Eugene Washington founded Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center. Dr. Washington is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Duke University Health System, Inc. and Chancellor-Health Affairs at Duke University and on the board of 6 other companies.

Dr. Washington previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer at UCLA Health Systems, Member-Scientific Management Review Board at National Institutes of Health, Principal at Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Chairman-Governors Board at Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Trustee at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chief Executive Officer-Health System at the University of California, Los Angeles, Executive Vice Chancellor at The University of California, San Francisco, Member of National Academy of Medicine (United States), Dean at David Geffen School of Medicine and Director at Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center.

He received an undergraduate degree from Howard University, a doctorate from The University of California, San Francisco, a graduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a graduate degree from Harvard University.