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:
- Association Between Mediterranean Diet and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in Children and Adolescents
- Impact of Probiotic Use on the Gut Microbiome Composition in Children Taking Antibiotics
- Financial Incentives and Treatment Outcomes in Adolescents With Severe Obesity
- Global Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
- Interventions for High BMI in Children and Adolescents
- Association of Maltreatment Exposure With Child Behavior Problems
- Etiologies and Outcomes of Normocytic Anemia in Children
- Antidepressant Dispensing to US Adolescents and Young Adults
- Association of Early Childhood Appetitive Traits With Eating Disorder Symptoms in Adolescence
- Association Between Social Media Use and Health Risk Behaviours in Young People