Jessie Gruman, PhD
Jessie Gruman is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health.
Jessie Gruman is the founder and president of the Center for the Advancement of Health, an independent, nonpartisan Washington-based policy institute funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation and others, including the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies. Since it was established in 1992 the Center has worked to ensure that people are able to meet the demands placed on them by health information that is increasingly complex, health professionals who are increasingly specialized and pressed for time and health care that is increasingly brilliant but chaotic. Dr. Gruman has worked on this same set of concerns in the private sector (AT&T), the public sector (National Institutes of Health) and the voluntary health sector (American Cancer Society). Dr. Gruman is a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and has received the Society's awards for distinguished service and "Leadership in Translation of Research to Practice." She was recognized for outstanding service from the American Psychological Association and was honored by Research!America for her leadership in advocacy for health research. She is the recipient of honorary doctorates in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University and public service from Northeastern University and the Presidential Medal of The George Washington University. She served as the Executive in Residence at Vassar College, serves on the editorial board of The Annals of Family Medicine, and is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Gruman is the author of numerous articles and essays published in scholarly journals and public media. Her book for the general public, After Shock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You - or Someone You Love - a Devastating Diagnosis (Walker Publishing, 2007) is about how people use scientific information to make decisions about their healthcare. EducationBachelor's Degree, Vassar College, 1975 DepartmentsInstitutes and Centers
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