Christopher Trudeau, JD, an associate professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been selected for a three-year term on the Roundtable on Health Literacy with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
The private, nonprofit institution provides independent, objective analysis and advice and informs public policy decisions related to science, technology, and medicine. The 30-member Roundtable on Health Literacy meets in Washington, DC three times a year to develop, implement, and share health literacy practices in the healthcare community.
“I look forward to contributing my legal perspective to advance the national conversation about how important clear health communication and health literacy are to creating a patient-centered health system,” said Trudeau, the first lawyer to serve on this roundtable.
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, communicate, process, and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Trudeau joined the UAMS Center for Health Literacy in 2017, providing teaching, consulting, and program work. He was one of seven from the academic world recently chosen to join the roundtable. Others on the roundtable are from government agencies, nonprofit organizations and industry.
Trudeau is also an associate professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. He received his law degree in 2002 from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School and served as a professor there for 13 years before coming to UAMS and UALR.