Melanie Stone

Dr. Melanie Stone is an innovative health literacy leader with over 15 years of experience advancing health literacy, capacity building, and community-engaged strategies in clinical, academic, and public health settings. She has a proven record of designing and implementing initiatives that enhance communication, improve patient outcomes, and influence organizational policy. 

She is an Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine at UT San Antonio, the Director of Community Engaged Learning (CEL) at the Cheever Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and Co-Director of Health Confianza, a community health literacy program in Bexar County.  She serves on the governing council and is chair of the Policy & Advocacy Committee of the Texas Public Health Association, is co-Collection Editor for the AAMC MEdEdPORTAL’s community engagement collection, and serves on the International Health Literacy Association’s Standing Committee of Practice Standards.

An accomplished researcher, educator, and national presenter, Dr. Stone is recognized for developing scalable programs and pioneering health literacy change.