Schwartz (June 30, 1963, in New York City - November 29, 2018, in Lebanon, NH) was a Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.
She was the co-Director of the Center for Medicine and the Media, and ran courses for health journalists on how to report medical research.
She created the Drug Facts Box to discuss the benefits and harms of prescription drugs and the National Cancer Institute Know Your Chances site to communicate cancer risks.