Michael Rosenberg, MD, MPH
President and CEO

Dr. Michael Rosenberg has been active in clinical research for more than 30 years. Translated into experience, that means he's been involved in designing or conducting more than 300 studies worldwide in a range of therapeutic areas.

Early in his career, Michael realized that excellence in clinical research requires elevating managerial standards to the same high level as scientific standards. He founded Health Decisions in 1989 to develop a more efficient approach to managing clinical trials.

Under Michael's guidance, the company has been recognized with many high-profile awards. Examples: CIO's Enterprise Value Award honored the company for developing "an approach that promises to change the way an entire industry works." Ernst & Young selected Michael as Entrepreneur of the Year in Health Sciences. The Inc 500 and Technology Fast 500 have included Health Decisions three times among the fastest-growing private and technology-based companies, respectively. The list goes on.

Before founding Health Decisions, Michael had extensive managerial experience. He served as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the American Social Health Organization, Director of the Reproductive Epidemiology Division of Family Health International, and Chief, Reproductive Health Activity, at Centers for Disease Control. He currently serves on the Leadership Council of the Harvard School of Public Health and as co-principal investigator of the Clinical and Statistical Coordinating Center for Contraceptive Research, National Institutes of Health. He has published more than 200 scientific articles, serves on the editorial boards of Current Drug Discovery and Contraceptive Technology Update, and is a reviewer for several journals.

Among Michael's other responsibilities, he serves as Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (Internal Medicine), the American College of Epidemiology, and the American College of Preventive Medicine. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of California and received a Master's Degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health.