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Brandi Fleck
Advocacy and Public Awareness
The Advocacy and Public Awareness Task Force Chair for the U.S. Health Literacy Association leads initiatives to raise awareness about health literacy and advocate for its importance in communities and public discourse. This role involves monitoring policy changes, drafting position statements, organizing advocacy campaigns, engaging stakeholders, and mobilizing members to amplify the association’s message and priorities. The chair provides strategic direction to the task force, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while driving impactful advocacy and outreach efforts.
Brandi Fleck brings over a decade of experience in research compliance administration and a deep commitment to advancing health literacy to the USHLA. Her dedication began early in her career as a financial counselor in oncology research where she saw firsthand how health literacy empowers individuals and improves outcomes.
As a health literacy advocate, Brandi established the Research Equity, Accessibility, and Literacy (REAL) Workgroup within the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Institutional Review Board (IRB). Under her leadership, the group developed guidance and training for IRB members and the research community and implemented health literacy standards into its reviews of human subjects research. As a member of the OHSU Health Literacy Workgroup, Brandi helps promote health literacy standards across the broader institution. She contributes to advancing the workgroup’s goals of establishing OHSU as a health literate organization and supporting institutional policies related to plain language and clear communication.