The Health Literacy Directory

California Literacy, Inc., makes no claim as to the accuracy of the information provided in the California Health Literacy Initiative Resource Center.

Health Literacy Researchers

Oralia V. Bazaldua, Pharm.D., BCPS
Associate Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Email: Bazaldua@uthscsa.edu

Julie A. Gazmararian, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Emory Center on Health Outcomes and Quality,
Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University
Email: jagazma@sph.emory.edu

Marcia Drew Hohn, Ed.D.
Director of Public Education, Immigrant Learning Center
Health Convener, Massachusetts Department of Education Adult and Community Learning Services’ Comprehensive Health Projects
1997 National Institute for Literacy Leader Fellow in Health and Literacy
Email: mdrewhohn@aol.com

Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Administration,
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: sylee@email.unc.edu

Ruth Parker, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Chair, AMA Foundation Steering Committee on Health Literacy
Email: rpark01@emory.edu

Rima E. Rudd, M.S.P.H., Sc.D.
Senior Lecturer on Society, Human Development, and Health
Principal Investigator for Health Literacy Studies, Harvard School of Public Health
The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
Email: healthliteracy@hsph.harvard.edu

Dean Schillinger, M.D.
General Internist and Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of California at San Francisco, General Hospital
Soros Advocacy Fellow, California Literacy, Inc.
Email: dean@itsa.ucsf.edu

Joanne G. Schwartzberg, M.D.
Director, Aging and Community Health,
American Medical Association
Email: Joanne_Schwartzberg@ama-assn.org

Linda Shohet, Ph.D.
Director, The Center for Literacy
Email: lshohet@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

Barry D Weiss, M.D.
Professor, Health Literacy Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Email: bdweiss@u.arizona.edu

Sharon L. Youmans, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy
Email: sly@itsa.ucsf.edu

Christina Zarcadoolas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Research, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Email: Christina_Zarcadoolas@Brown.Edu

Health Literacy Professionals

Candance Ford, M.L.S.
Director, PlaneTree Health Library
Email: webtalk@planetreesanjose.org

Jeannette Hilgert, M.S.G, M.S.W.
Program Administrator, Health Empowerment Initiative, Venice Family Clinic
Email: jhilgert@ucla.edu

Jann Keenan, Ed.S.
President, The Keenan Group, Inc. – Experts in Health Literacy
Principal & Founding Member, The Clear Language Group
Email: Jkeenan@erols.com

Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, M.Ed.
Program Director, World Education’s Health and Literacy Initiative
Email: Skurtz@worlded.org

Pat Lawson-North
Executive Director, Vision Literacy
Email: plnorth@visionliteracy.org

Gloria Mayer, R.N., Ed.D., FAAN
President/Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Healthcare Advancement
Email: gmayer@iha4health.org

Wendy Mettger, M.A.
President, Mettger Communications
Co-founder of the National Work Group on Cancer and Literacy
Email: wmettger@mindspring.com

Veronica Estrella Murillo, M.P.H.
Director of Health Education and Resources, California Family Health Council
Email: murillov@cfhc.org

Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L
Founder and President, Health Literacy Consulting & Health Literacy Month
Email: helen@healthliteracy.comAudrey Riffenburgh, M.A.
President, Riffenburgh & Associates
Principal & Founding Member, The Clear Language Group
Email: ar@plainlanguageworks.comBeccah Rothschild, M.P.A.
Health Literacy Manager, California Health Literacy Initiative, a project of California Literacy, Inc.
Email: beccahrothschild@caliteracy.org

Donna Bell Sanders, M.P.H.
Program Manager, California Family Health Council
Email: sandersd@cfhc.org Sue Stableford, M.P.H., M.S.B.
Director, AHEC Health Literacy Center, University of New England
Principal & Founding Member, The Clear Language Group
Email: sstableford@une.edu

Deborah W. Yoho
Co-moderator, National Institute for Literacy, Health Listserv
President, SC Adult Literacy Educators
Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council
Email: dwyoho@earthlink.net

Health Literacy Supporters

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/9913.htmlCalifornia Endowment
http://www.calendow.org

California Medical Association Foundation
http://www.calmedfoundation.org

Kaiser Permanente
http://www.kaiserpermanente.org/

Partnership for Clear Health Communication
http://www.askme3.org/PFCHC/Pfizer Inc.
http://www.pfizerhealthliteracy.com/

Verizon Thinkfinity
http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx