Chyke Doubeni, chair and the presidential professor of the department of family medicine and community health in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed to the US Preventive Services Task Force.

The task force is an independent, volunteer group of experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve health across the US through recommendations on clinical preventive services, such as screenings, counseling services and preventive medications.

Task force members are appointed to serve a four-year term by the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

“On behalf of my fellow Task Force members, I am happy to welcome Dr. Doubeni to the Task Force,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Task Force chair. “His clinical and research expertise in chronic disease and prevention, as well as his commitment to public health and vulnerable populations, will be important additions to the Task Force.”

Dr. Doubeni is also an associate professor of epidemiology and a senior fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. In addition, he directs Penn’s Center for Community and Population Health, which fosters novel population health and community-informed strategies to promote health and integrate patient perspectives into research and clinical care. His research expertise includes clinical and public health interventions and primary care transformation to improve access to care and eliminate disparities in the burden of chronic disease in communities.