Stuart W. Grande, PhD, MPA

I consider myself a medical sociologist with a particular interest in health education that positively disrupts traditional ways of solving problems. I teach methods associated with community and clinical engagement with a focus on cultural and upstream intervention design. I earned a PhD in health behavior and an MPA in public management both from Indiana University in Bloomington. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, I served as postdoctoral fellow in Shared Decision Making (SDM) under the mentorship of Glyn Elwyn at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (Geisel School of Medicine). My research generally looks at the intersection of community and clinical practice with a focus on designing and developing tools and strategies to improve communication between people and their caregivers. Specifically, I help to co-design tools and technologies with communities and patients to guide meaningful health communication and reduce bias. My hope is to improve care delivery, promote patient preferences, and support authentic clinical relationships.