Jennifer Dillaha, MD

Jennifer Dillaha, M.D., is the Director of the Center for Health Advancement for the Arkansas Department of Health. Since joining the Health Department in 2001, she has played a leading role in the Agency's health promotion efforts, using a life stage approach that focuses on population-based interventions to reduce the burden of chronic disease among all Arkansans. Under her leadership, the Health Department has made improving health literacy a cross-cutting strategic priority that is fundamental to its prevention efforts. Dr. Dillaha is a physician with specialty training in internal medicine and subspecialty training in infectious diseases and in geriatric medicine. She also has faculty appointments as an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Public Health and College of Medicine.