Lawrence C. An, MD

 

Larry An, MD, is a general internist and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. He is the Director of the Center for Health Communications Research and Scientific Director of the Cancer Survivorship Program. Dr. An did his medical training and internal medicine residency at the University of Michigan before completing fellowships with the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. For 11 years prior to joining the University of Michigan faculty, Dr. An was on faculty at the University of Minnesota where he worked closely with health plans, health care provider organizations, and the state health department. Dr. An's research teams have developed and tested several web-based tailored interventions for health behavior change. His research has focused primarily on tobacco control in the areas of clinical guideline implementation and health systems change, design and evaluation of statewide tobacco cessation services, and development of innovative web-assisted tobacco interventions, with an emphasis on youth.