Sue Stableford is the founder and director of the Health Literacy Institute at the University of New England in Portland, Maine. The Institute is best known for the national Summer Institute, the premier learning opportunity in plain language health communication for almost 20 years. Sue delivers the same high-quality training year-round to health organizations and health care institutions across the country.
Sue’s work also includes:
- Consulting on program, curriculum, and materials development
- Creating, editing, and testing plain language materials
- Teaching and presenting in and beyond academia
- Participating in research and projects related to patient decision-making, health care quality, and health informatics
- Writing and reviewing articles for peer-reviewed journals
- Participating in national forums
Sue’s recent projects include:
- Participating as core faculty for the UNE-Maine Geriatric Education Center health literacy initiative
- Developing consumer materials for Maine’s health information exchange (HIN)
- Training professionals at 3 national cancer centers in clear communication and consulting with a Research Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications
- Consulting and training as a Pfizer Health Literacy Visiting Lecturer each year from 2003 through 2008
- Designing and delivering core training units of the plain language certificate program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
