Brenda Battle | Health Care Organization Exemplars in Community Engagement as a Strategy in Building Trust
July 30, 2021
As Senior Vice President, Community Health Transformation at University of Chicago Medicine (UCM), Brenda Battle RN, BSN, MBA is responsible for designing and leading UCM’s community health management strategy, including developing and implementing coordinated, innovative health care solutions to address the needs of UCM-focused populations and its surrounding communities. Her role unifies the resources and strategies of UCM and the community to address health disparities. Brenda’s responsibility includes collaborating with medical and administrative leadership to foster innovation in UCM’s care delivery system by crafting care models that create an environment that promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity. Prior to joining UCM, Brenda was the director of the Inaugural Center for Diversity and Cultural Competence for Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, where she oversaw programs to eliminate health disparities and to promote diversity, cultural competence and health literacy within Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Medical Center. Brenda served as Vice President, Government and Community Affairs for Medical Transportation Management (MTM), Inc., overseeing the national and local presence of MTM as a benefits management organization serving Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries. She has more than 38 years of health care experience spanning public and population health.