Gretchen Berland
Encyclopedia
Gretchen Kimberly Berland is an American physician
and filmmaker, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine
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She graduated from Pomona College
with a BA in 1986, and Oregon Health & Sciences University, with a M.D., in 1996. She was a Fellow in the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and filmmaker, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
The Yale School of Medicine at Yale University is a private medical school located in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. It was founded in 1810 as The Medical Institution of Yale College, and formally opened its doors in 1813....
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She graduated from Pomona College
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...
with a BA in 1986, and Oregon Health & Sciences University, with a M.D., in 1996. She was a Fellow in the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
Works
- Berland, G., Elliott, M., Morales, L. “Health Information on the Internet: Accessibility, Quality, and Readability in English and Spanish.” JAMA. 285 (20): 2612-2621. 2001 May.
- Berland, G., Morales, L., Elliott, M. "A Report on the Quality of Health Information on the Internet.” RAND Health. May 2001.
- "The View from the Other Side — Patients, Doctors, and the Power of a Camera", NEJM, Volume 357:2533-2536, December 20, 2007, Number 25
- Rolling (life in a wheelchair). A 71 minute feature length documentary that has been widely acclaimed for providing unique patient-centered perspectives into the lives of wheelchair users.
External links
- Gretchen Berland, MacArthur Genius Award Winner, NPR, September 28, 2004