Edwin C. Marshall, O.D., M.S., M.P.H. is the Indiana University Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs. He also is Professor of Optometry and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Prior to being named an IU Vice President, Dr. Marshall was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Administration at the Indiana University School of Optometry.

Dr. Marshall was the founding Chair of the Minority Health Advisory Committee of the Indiana State Department of Health and Vice Chair of the Indiana Public Health Institute. He has served as Chair of the Executive Board of the American Public Health Association and as a member of The Nation's Health Editorial Advisory Committee. He is a past President of the National Optometric Association, the Indiana Optometric Association, and the Indiana Public Health Association. He also has served on the Indiana Commission on Excellence in Health Care's Data and Quality Subcommittee, the Indiana Health Care Professional Development Commission, the Indiana Chronic Disease Advisory Council, the Benefits and Cost-Sharing Subcommittee of the Governor's Advisory Panel on the Indiana Children's Health Insurance Program, and as a member of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Roundtable on Health Literacy and Patient Safety. Dr. Marshall currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Bloomington Hospital and Prevent Blindness Indiana. He is a member of the National Eye Health Education Program Planning Committee of the National Eye Institute and Co-Chair of the Indiana Interagency State Council on Black and Minority Health.

Dr. Marshall is a former US Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellow and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in Optometry. He is a past recipient of the Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award in Public Health and Preventive Medicine from the Indiana Public Health Foundation, the State Health Commissioner Award for Excellence in Public Health, the Distinguished Service Award from the Vision Care Section of the American Public Health Association, the Distinguished Hoosier Award from the Office of the Governor, the Indiana Optometrist of the Year Award from the Indiana Optometric Association, and the National Optometrist of the Year from the American Optometric Association.