Satcher Institute for Health Equity
Health equity is a birthright, not a zip code.
"Where you're born shouldn't decide whether you get to live a healthy life."
Photo — a moment from across the institute
Dr. David Satcher
16th U.S. Surgeon General · Founder
Our Founder
"Where you're born shouldn't decide whether you get to live a healthy life."
As the 16th Surgeon General and the first African American director of the CDC, Dr. Satcher spent a career confronting the country's health disparities head-on — and in 2006, as president of Morehouse School of Medicine, he founded the Satcher Health Leadership Institute to carry that work forward.
Twenty years later, that founding vision has grown into three centers, each advancing health equity on a different front. One legacy, carried forward.
Our Three Centers
Three centers, one mission.
01
SHLI
Domestic leadership development and health policy research, now in its 20th year.
02
GHEI
Global health research, training, and partnerships across four continents.
03
KSCMHE
A decade advancing equitable access to mental health care.
Our Institute
2026
The year the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute united as the Satcher Institute for Health Equity — joining the Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity under one shared mission.
News & Events
Momentum across the institute
2026 Community Engagement Day
Global Health Summit & Evening Reception
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