Gretchen Kimberly Berland is an American physician and filmmaker who is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.
Life She graduated from Pomona College with a BA in 1986 and Oregon Health & Science University with an MD in 1996. She was a Fellow in the UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
Awards 2004 MacArthur Fellowship
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.
References
External links Gretchen Berland, MacArthur Genius Award Winner, NPR, September 28, 2004