--- description: Find out how Michelle Morse is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Michelle Morse image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd64c009b8c77f493/698a5b9b457a524195d6ad3f/time100-next-2024-michelle-morse.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 02, 2024 # Michelle Morse by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Michelle Morse Michelle MorseMark Peterson—Redux Michelle Morse has an unwavering commit­ment to equity. A gifted physician, she worked with Partners in Health in Haiti and Rwanda to ensure fellow clinicians understood the socioeconomic barriers patients faced so they could provide the best care. She later co-founded nonprofit EqualHealth to expand on that work, creating a global organization to build awareness of social and structural factors affecting health. Now, as New York City’s [first chief medical officer](https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/press/pr2021/health-department-appoints-first-chief-medical-officer.page "undefined"), Michelle remains true to her values. Starting in 2021, she helped revolutionize a system-wide assessment that led to a reduction in wait times for kidney transplants for Black patients. She’s also working on racial imbalances in other areas, from C-sections to hyper­tension medication. Michelle is a trailblazer who draws people together and makes each of us accountable for change. I know she will continue to inspire and lead the movement for equity forward. _Dahl is a co-founder of Partners in Health_ Michelle Morse is on the TIME100 Next 2024 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023560/michelle-morse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023560/michelle-morse/"},"headline":"Michelle Morse","datePublished":"2024-10-02T11:07:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:36:45.034Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023560/michelle-morse/","keywords":["list","franchise","Magazine","TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd64c009b8c77f493/698a5b9b457a524195d6ad3f/time100-next-2024-michelle-morse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd64c009b8c77f493/698a5b9b457a524195d6ad3f/time100-next-2024-michelle-morse.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023560/michelle-morse/","name":"Michelle Morse"}}]}] ```