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Leonard E. Egede

Charles and Mary Bauer Endowed Chair of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Health disparities, social determinants of health, diabetes, geriatrics, mental health

Portrait of Leonard Egede.

Leonard E. Egede, MD, (pronounced E-getty) is a nationally recognized expert on health disparities. As a population health researcher, he studies how social determinants of health, such as income level, housing quality and neighborhood safety, as well as health system factors impact health in addition to biological and behavioral factors.

Egede can speak to media about chronic medical and mental health conditions, such as diabetes and depression, and their impact on underserved populations in urban and rural areas. He can talk about how structural racism drives policies, such as the redlining of neighborhoods in the 1930s, how those impacts persist and how social determinants of health and social risk impact health. 

His NIH-funded work focuses on developing and testing innovative interventions, such as telehealth and financial incentives, aimed at addressing and ultimately eliminating health disparities in chronic medical and mental health conditions. 

CONTACT:

Leonard E. Egede, MD
Charles and Mary Bauer Endowed Chair of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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