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:
- The Effects of Parent–Child Weight Talk
- Setting Rules Around Kids’ Use of Media: AAP Has an App for That
- A Baby-Led Approach to Solids Does Not Increase the Risk of Choking
- Should Pediatric Practices Continue to Care for Children With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents?
- Virtual Violence
- Childhood Lead Toxicity
- Expanding Roles for Fathers and Guidance by Pediatricians
- Behavioral Interventions for Infant Sleep Problems
- The DASH Dietary Pattern Is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
- Swaddling and the Risk of SIDS