Lead, Health Literacy and Plain Language
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30333
cynthia.baur@cdc.hhs.gov
Biographical Sketch:
2010 Senior Advisor, Health Literacy, CDC
2006-2010 Director, Division of Health Communication and Marketing, CDC
2006-2009 Co-lead, CDC Risk Communication for Pandemic Preparedness
2004-2006 Lead Health Communication Advisor, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
2000-current Co-chair, HHS Health Literacy Workgroup and the Healthy People 2020 Health Communication and Health IT Workgroup.
2009-2010 Lead HHS staff person for the development of the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
2006 Lead HHS staff person for the Surgeon General's Workshop to Improve Health Literacy
Numerous publications and presentations on health communication, health literacy and risk communication