Results for Global Health

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Dr. Steenhoff is medical director of the Global Health Center at Children's Hospital. He serves as a global health advocate for children, seeking to optimize mutually beneficial partnerships between clinical and academic institutions in diverse settings.

E-mail:

steenhoff [at] chop.edu

Elizabeth Lowenthal, MD, MSCE

Dr. Lowenthal's work is focused on addressing health priorities for children in resource-limited settings. In addition to research projects she serves as research director for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Global Health Center, supporting junior researchers (and senior researchers newly working in international settings) to develop projects addressing other health priorities for children in resource-limited settings.

E-mail:

lowenthale [at] chop.edu

Sansanee Craig, MD

Dr. Craig is an assistant professor and clinical informatician in the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her focus is leveraging health information technologies to address healthcare disparities, both locally and globally.

E-mail:

craigs4 [at] chop.edu

Hansel J. Otero, MD, FAAP

Dr. Otero is an attending radiologist in the Division of Body Imaging with research interests in global health, health services research, genitourinary, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and pulmonary imaging.

E-mail:

oteroh [at] chop.edu

Tori Nicole Sutherland, MD, MPH

Dr. Sutherland's work includes trials and large database analysis to improve patient safety in areas including maternal mortality reduction, and oxygen therapy for hypoxemia and antimicrobial resistance. Currently, her research focuses on opioid-sparing pain management for children and risk factors for adverse outcomes after surgery among adolescents.

E-mail:

sutherlant [at] chop.edu

Adeline L. Vanderver, MD

Using translational approaches that encompass genomic studies, biomarker development, disease modeling, natural history studies, and clinical trials, Dr. Vanderver seeks to improve the quality of life and lifespan of individuals living with leukodystrophies or heritable disorder of myelin. She leads the Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

E-mail:

vandervera [at] chop.edu

Paul A. Offit, MD

Dr. Offit is director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP and an internationally recognized expert in the fields of virology and immunology. He is co-inventor of a landmark vaccine achievement for the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis.

E-mail:

offit [at] chop.edu

Marni J. Falk, MD

Dr. Falk is a Clinical Geneticist who serves as executive director of the Mitochondrial Medicine Frontier Program. Her translational research lab investigates the causes and global metabolic consequences of mitochondrial disease, as well as targeted therapies, in C. elegans, zebrafish, mouse, and human tissue models of genetic-based respiratory chain dysfunction.

E-mail:

falkm [at] chop.edu

Kathryn E. Hamilton, PhD

Dr. Hamilton studies intestinal epithelial cells and how they help maintain human health. Although there is a great deal understood about how these cells function, little is known about how they behave during disease. Dr. Hamilton focuses on defining new mechanisms in regenerative medicine, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal cancer.

E-mail:

hamiltonk1 [at] chop.edu

Heidi Herrick, MD, MSCE

Dr. Herrick is an attending neonatologist and a clinical investigator in the field of Human Factors and its application to neonatal acute care including resuscitation and tracheal intubation.

E-mail:

herrickh [at] chop.edu