Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, is a general internist with extensive experience improving the care of vulnerable patients with chronic disease. He has worked to advance diabetes care and outcomes on the South Side through health care system and community interventions. He also leads initiatives to improve health strategies at a national level as director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)'s Finding Answers: Solving Disparities Through Payment and Delivery System Reform Program Office and Co-Director of the Merck Foundation's Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care National Program Office.
Dr. Chin performed many of the key research studies informing how to improve diabetes care and outcomes in federally-qualified health centers serving vulnerable populations with limited resources. His work over the past decade leading RWJF’s Finding Answers program led to the creation of the Roadmap to Reduce Disparities. Current projects include improving diabetes outcomes in real-world settings, reducing health disparities by transforming the way care is organized and paid for, enhancing care by facilitating partnerships between the health care system and other sectors such as food and housing, and improving shared decision making among clinicians and LGBTQ people of color.
In addition to his clinical and research roles, Dr. Chin is a teacher and award-winning mentor, committed to providing opportunities for trainees. As co-director of the Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training (SPORT), Dr. Chin educates faculty, fellows and students about outcomes research methods — to better understand and improve quality of care.
An expert in health care disparities in medicine, Dr. Chin frequently is invited to present his work at national conferences and serve on policy committees. He serves on the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Advisory Council and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Preventive Services Task Force. He co-chairs the National Quality Forum (NQF) Disparities Standing Committee and is a former President of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). Dr. Chin was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.
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Health in justice or health injustice? Indigenous Maori experiences of primary care following release from New Zealand prisons: a national record study.
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PMID: 40961639
The undercounting of Indigenous Maori imprisoned by the New Zealand carceral state: a national record study.
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PMID: 40748409
The Plight of Marginalized Populations in 2025: The Assault on Health Equity Through a Systems Lens.
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PMID: 40743481
It's Time for Health Care to See the Humanism in Housing.
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PMID: 40379936
Development and dosimetric evaluation of a modulated intraoperative radiotherapy (mIORT) system using the Zeiss intrabeam device.
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PMID: 40081011
Organizational Accountability for Justice and Health Equity.
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PMID: 40485451
Theatre of the Oppressed to Teach Medical Students About Power, Lived Experience, and Health Equity.
Theatre of the Oppressed to Teach Medical Students About Power, Lived Experience, and Health Equity. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 40(2):330-338.
PMID: 39406963
Reforms to Support the Health Care Industry to Address Adverse Health-Related Social Factors.
Reforms to Support the Health Care Industry to Address Adverse Health-Related Social Factors. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2440439.
PMID: 39441601
Zooming in to Advance Health Equity for Heart Failure-Disaggregating Race, Ethnicity, and Social Data.
Zooming in to Advance Health Equity for Heart Failure-Disaggregating Race, Ethnicity, and Social Data. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 09 03; 7(9):e2435617.
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