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:
- Long-Term Psychological Outcomes After PICU Admission
- Poverty Reduction Intervention and Infant Brain Activity
- Screen Use Is Associated With Poor Mental Health in Children/Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- ICS/LABA for Prematurity-Associated Lung Disease in Preterm-Born Children
- Association of Acute Kidney Injury During Diabetic Ketoacidosis With Risk of Microalbuminuria in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
- Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Retreatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- 2021 Top Story in Primary Care: Should Children Wear Masks in Schools?
- Quarantine Elimination for Students With Mask-on-Mask SARS-CoV-2 Exposure
- Introduction of Infant Cereal at 4 vs 6 Months of Age
- FDA Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Aged 5 to 11