Matthew Kreuter is a leading national public health expert in the field of health communication. His research focuses on eliminating health disparities by finding effective ways to reach and engage people on health matters, particularly members of low-income and marginalized communities. He has developed and evaluated a wide range of communication programs designed to build public knowledge, promote health, and address social needs while taking into consideration the social and environmental contexts that shape people’s decisions and actions.

Kreuter is the founding director of the Health Communication Research Laboratory, which aims to eliminate health disparities by increasing the reach and effectiveness of health information to underserved populations. He leads the listening project iHeard, which aims to find out what people know, believe and value in regard to health through weekly surveys. He has served on the National Academy of Medicine’s Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.

As co-director of the School of Public Health’s Health Communication Collaborative, he works to improve public health by integrating the principles of effective health communication into all aspects of public health research and practice.

Kreuter teaches Eliminating Health Disparities at the School of Public Health.