Bio
Elbert Huang is professor of medicine and public health sciences and director of the Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy at the University of Chicago. Huang is a practicing primary care doctor who studies clinical and health care policy issues at the intersection of diabetes, aging, and health economics. He is an international leader in diabetes whose pioneering research has transformed care for older people and influenced health policies addressing the rising costs of diabetes care. Using techniques from health economics, simulation modeling, and analysis of real-world data, he has characterized the heterogeneity of the older diabetes population, the modern natural history of disease, and illustrated the impact of patient health status on the benefits of glycemic control.
Huang also co-directs the Chicago Chronic Condition Equity Network (C3EN) with Dr. Elizabeth Lynch of Rush University. The overall goal of the C3EN is address disparities in multiple chronic conditions by strengthening and building collaborations across community-based organizations, practice networks, and academic researchers, by promoting a comprehensive approach to the prevention and management of multiple chronic conditions that accounts for mental health, functional health and social life, and by supporting interventions that actively seek to cross boundaries of disease-specific management, professional training, community and practice.