Dean Schillinger

Dean-David Schillinger is an American general internist and former Chief of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). In 2006, he founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, whose mission is to advance health in poor communities. His research focuses on health communication for vulnerable populations, and the prevention and control of type 2 diabetes.

Schillinger has advocated for increasing awareness and prevention of type 2 diabetes, and became a vocal proponent for the successful passage of a sugary drink tax in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco, California. In 2019, Schillinger was appointed as co-chair of the General Populations Prevention Sub-Committee of the congressionally-chartered [https://health.gov/about-odphp/committees-workgroups/national-clinical-care-commission/report-congress National Clinical Care Commission]. Provided by Wikipedia