Julien J. Dedier, MD, MPH

Julien Dedier, MD, MPH, is a board-certified primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and co-founder of its Hospital Medicine Unit. Dr. Dedier is also the diabetes clinical co-lead of the BMC Health Equity Accelerator as well as a clinical associate professor of Internal Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Dedier's clinical and research interests center on the influence of ethnic, cultural and environmental factors on risk-related behaviors for cardiovascular disease and cancer among underprivileged urban minority groups. He has designed and implemented interventions to increase physical activity among patients of low socio-economic status, including partnering with Black churches in Boston to foster church cohesion and healthy behaviors using culturally tailored digital solutions.