Y. Claire Wang, M.D., Sc.D.

Dr. Claire Wang is a seasoned physician epidemiologist with over two decades of leadership across academia, government, and the nonprofit sector. Her work has consistently focused on behavioral health, disease prevention, and health policy—driven by her guiding mission: bringing people together to magnify impact. She is proud to serve as the founding Executive Director of the Impact Collaborative.

Prior to this role, Dr. Wang served as Associate Deputy Director at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health. There, she led major initiatives including the statewide expansion of the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the implementation of e-referral and care coordination platforms statewide, and the evaluation of the State’s Overdose System of Care. She previously held tenured academic appointments at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the New York Academy of Medicine. She is the author of more than 85 peer-reviewed publications and was named an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, she served in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Obama administration.

Dr. Wang holds degrees from the National Taiwan University and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She lives in Wilmington, Delaware, with her husband.