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.[1]

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.[2][3][4] In 2019, Schillinger was appointed as co-chair of the General Populations Prevention Sub-Committee of the congressionally-chartered National Clinical Care Commission.[5]

  1. ^ "UCSF Profiles: Dean Schillinger". UCSF. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Chronicle recommends S.F. soda-tax measure". San Francisco Chronicle. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ Kearns C, Schillinger D (1 August 2017). "Guidelines to Limit Added Sugar Intake: Junk Science or Junk Food?". Annals of Internal Medicine. 167 (3): 220. doi:10.7326/L17-0257. PMID 28761955. S2CID 907680.
  4. ^ Knight, Heather (2 April 2016). "Doctor fighting S.F. diabetes epidemic backs soda tax". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ^ "National Clinical Care Commission". Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Retrieved 20 December 2019.