Dipesh Navsaria MPH, MSLIS, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Clinical Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison, Madison, WisconsinDr. Dipesh Navsaria is a pediatrician working in the public interest. He blends the roles of physician, occasional children's librarian, educator, public health professional, and child health advocate. With graduate degrees in public health, children's librarianship, physician assistant studies, and medicine, he brings a unique combination of interests and experience together.
Committed to understanding how basic science can translate into busy primary-care settings via population health concepts and policy initiatives, Dr. Navsaria aims to educate the next generation of those who work with children and families in realizing how their professional roles include being involved in larger concepts of social policy and how they may affect the cognitive and socioemotional development of children for their future benefit.
Disclosures
- Consulting pediatrician: Pediatrics Supporting Parents Initiative
- Board of directors: Reach Out and Read National Center
- Founding medical director: Reach Out and Read Wisconsin
- Board of directors: Parents as Teachers
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Effect of Fluoxetine on Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Outcomes From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018 Breastfeeding Report Card
- Step-Up Therapy in Black Children and Adults With Poorly Controlled Asthma
- Statin Initiation in Children With Familial Hypercholesterolemia Decreased Adult CVD Risk
- Longitudinal Relationship Between Time-Out and Child Emotional and Behavioral Functioning
- Associations of Socioeconomic Deprivation and Preterm Birth With Speech, Language, and Communication Among Very Young Children
- Earnings of Early- and Midcareer Pediatricians Based on Gender
- Prednisolone vs Dexamethasone for Croup
- Post-Exercise Hypotension and Skeletal Muscle Oxygenation Is Regulated by Nitrate-Reducing Activity of Oral Bacteria
- Association Between Childhood Behavioral Problems and Insomnia Symptoms in Adulthood