Donald Barr received is M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco and his Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University. He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Stanford School of Medicine, and teaches health policy in the Program in Human Biology.
His research interests include the study of cultural and linguistic barriers to health care access for low-income patients, racial and ethnic disparities in health care, and factors associated with higher rates of attrition from pre-medical studies among minority students at Stanford and other universities. Dr. Barr has received the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contribution to Undergraduate Education and the Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize for his integration of teaching, scholarship, and volunteer service to society.
