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Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH
Attending Physician
Dr. Burris is a perinatal researcher motivated by unequal birth outcomes across populations in the United States. She uses molecular epidemiologic approaches to study the intersection of social and environmental factors and how they contribute to birth outcome disparities.
Bio
Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH, is an attending neonatologist at CHOP Newborn Care and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a core faculty member at the Clinical Futures, a CHOP Research Institute Center of Emphasis.
Dr. Burris is a perinatal researcher motivated by unequal birth outcomes across populations in the United States. She uses molecular epidemiologic approaches to study the intersection of social and environmental factors and how they contribute to birth outcome disparities.
She directs a birth cohort based in Boston where she and her colleagues have recruited more than 950 pregnant women to study psychosocial stress, resilience, and epigenetic biomarkers in mothers and infants. Her team also mines large hospital-based and national population-based datasets to analyze other contributors to unequal perinatal care and outcomes.
Dr. Burris received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her internship and residency at CHOP before moving to Boston for clinical and research fellowships, as well as an MPH in Clinical Effectiveness from Harvard School of Public Health. She returned to CHOP and Penn in 2017.
Education and Training
BA, University of Pennsylvania (Anthropology), 1997
MD, Temple University School of Medicine, 2003
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health (Clinical Effectiveness), 2009
Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine), 2009
Research Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital (Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship), 2009
Titles and Academic Titles
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics, 2003-
Society for Pediatric Research, 2015-
Eastern Society for Pediatric Research, 2017-
Professional Awards
Community Pediatric Advocacy Award, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2006
NIH Young Investigator, Perinatal Research Society, 2014
Mentor of the Year Award, New England Perinatal Society, 2015, 2016
New Outstanding Member Lecturer, Society for Pediatric Research Presidential Plenary at Pediatric Academic Society, 2016
Publication Highlights
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