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:
- Gaps in Well-Child Care Attendance Among Primary Care Clinics Serving Low-Income Families
- Advertising in Young Children's Apps
- Associations Between Screen Time and Lower Psychological Well-Being Among Children and Adolescents
- Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in the US
- Predicting Escalated Care in Infants With Bronchiolitis
- Language Experience in the Second Year of Life and Language Outcomes in Late Childhood
- Effect on Excessive Technology Use by Parents on Relationships With Their Children
- Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry-Based Home Baby Monitors
- The Role of Baby Talk in the Development of Language
- Impact of a "No Mobile Device" Policy on Developmental Surveillance in a Pediatric Clinic