The Power of Community Voice: Enhancing Public Health Literacy for Vulnerable Populations
Dean Schillinger MD is a UCSF Professor of Medicine in Residence, and Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, where he is a practicing general internist at SFGH. An internationally recognized expert in health communication science, he founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and currently directs the UCSF Health Communications Research Program. He served as Chief of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program for California. Author of over 250 peer-reviewed articles, he received the Everett M Rogers Award from APHA for his contributions to advancing the study and practice of public health communication.
