Shira Grayson

Shira holds an MPH in Public Health Genetics from the UW School of Public Health and a double BS in Biology and Global Health from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to her graduate studies, Shira worked on interdisciplinary research projects at the Center for Women’s Health Research in Wisconsin and at the University of Minnesota in the departments of Food Science and Nutrition. Shira has experience leading health advocacy and reproductive health education initiatives at two non-profit health organizations in Minneapolis and also worked at the International Society for Stem Cell Research where she served as the International Program Coordinator. Shira is interested in strengthening primary health care delivery systems, improving maternal and child health outcomes, and better understanding the social, environmental, and genetic determinants of health.

Shira currently works as a Senior Change Manager at Pfizer.