Catina O'Leary

Catina O’Leary, PhD, MSW is President and CEO at Health Literacy Media (HLM), a non-profit health literacy focused communications company based in St. Louis and working around the world. Over the last 25 years, she has focused on leading health research, health education development, and the implementation and evaluation of health interventions across populations internationally. Before joining HLM in 2012, Dr. O’Leary was Assistant Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in the Departments of Psychiatry and the Program in Occupational Therapy.

Dr. O’Leary is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Health Literacy. She serves on the Board at Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital. She also serves as Secretariat for the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA).