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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:
- Effectiveness of Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA Vaccination Against COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Persons Aged 12–18 Years
- COVID-19 Vaccination–Associated Myocarditis in Adolescents
- Joint Association Between Screen Time and Physical Activity With Mental Well-Being in Adolescents
- Preemptive Intervention Improves Developmental Outcomes Among Infants Showing Early Signs of Autism
- No Apparent Benefit to Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Healthcare Utilization of Children in Pediatric Emergency Departments
- A 6-Month Follow-Up of Children With MIS
- Parents' Concerns About COVID-19 Vaccination for Children
- Association of Age and Pediatric Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
- COVID-19 Transmission During Transportation of K-12 Students