Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH
Kellner Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin
Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH is a Kellner Professor in Pediatrics and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children (CAUC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She has almost three decades of experience in addressing health disparities by the development of successful community initiatives to include research, education and services in underserved communities. Her interests span from analyzing the impact of systems on children and adolescents, applied public policy, community-oriented programs, medical education, health assessments, and diversity in medicine and child advocacy.
Just as the medical profession advocates preventive health care, so too by entering into these partnerships with health care providers, the legal profession can advance a 'preventive law' strategy for addressing clients’ social and economic problems and thereby improve clients’ health and well-being, especially those from low-income and other under-served communities.
American Bar Association Resolution, August 2007