Dr. Bennett, recognized as a "Health Disparities Scholar," by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Instistutes of Health, spends 85 percent of his time carrying out multi-disciplinary research in the area of social determination of disparities in maternal-child and reproductive health. He has been particularly interested in linking adult basic literacy education programs to health literacy interventions for adults with low literacy. In the 15 percent time devoted to clinical care he provides the full spectrum of family medicine including obstetric, pediatric, women's health, and general adult care.