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 of Food and Nonalcoholic Beverage Marketing With Children's and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Health
- Association of Antibiotic Use With Vaccine-Induced Antibody Levels in Children
- Effect of Early Infant Probiotic Supplementation on Eczema, Asthma, and Rhinitis at 7 Years of Age
- Safety of High-Dose Vitamin D Supplementation Among Children Aged 0 to 6 Years
- Mothers' Sources of Information and Misinformation Regarding Fluoride Treatments in Children From Social Connections
- Effects of Obesity and OSA on Blood Pressure in Children
- Treatable Health Conditions During Adolescence and Accelerated Aging at Midlife
- Sleep Hazards and Risk for Sudden Death in Infancy
- Association of Child Masking With COVID-19 Childcare Program Closures
- Association Between Screen Exposure in Infancy and Subsequent Autism Spectrum Disorder