Marqua Harris, PhD
Healthcare Operations & Population Health Leader
About
I am a healthcare operations and population health leader with over 25 years of experience across clinical operations, health system strategy, and research-informed program development. My work focuses on aligning people, processes, and evidence to support high-performing, equitable healthcare delivery across complex care environments.
I hold a PhD in Community Health Sciences and an MPH, with a body of research spanning medical mistrust, Black women’s health, and population level inequities in care delivery. Across my doctoral training and published work, I have examined how factors such as healthcare access, maternal morbidity and mortality, chronic and intersectional stress, and social determinants of health shape outcomes across the life course. This scholarship, including my dissertation research, continues to inform my approach to population health strategy, community engaged models of care, and systems level interventions designed to improve equity and performance in healthcare delivery.
Throughout my career, I have worked across multi-specialty care settings, women’s health, ambulatory services, and community-based initiatives. I bring a systems-level perspective that bridges academic rigor, real-world healthcare operations, and an understanding of how structural inequities shape both patient and provider experiences.
I am the founder of Charmar Health, a platform for research-informed thought leadership at the intersection of healthcare operations, population health, and equity. Through this work, I develop conceptual models and applied frameworks that translate research into practical, systems-level approaches to midlife health, chronic disease prevention, and population-level outcomes.