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“To improve health, we must understand how behavior is shaped by neighborhoods and how neighborhoods are embedded
within a larger system of social, economic, and political influences.“
-- Dr. Marilyn Winkleby
Dr. Marilyn Winkleby, professor of medicine at Stanford University, is an epidemiologist committed to reducing health disparities in low-income communities. She leads a research team that focuses on social determinants of health among low-income and ethnic minority populations, and conducts community-based interventions to address health disparities.
She is also a mentor dedicated to increasing diversity in science and health professions. Since its inception in 1988, she has been the Faculty Director and Advisor of the Stanford Medical
Youth Science Program, a program that promotes the representation of low-income groups in the health professions. In 2005,
she founded Access to Achievement Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to reach low-income youth with
educational and health career opportunities.
