Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH

Community, Population Health, and Outcomes

Research Interests

  • Injury Prevention
  • Pediatrics
  • Public Health

Biography

  • Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Arnold-Gorter Family Professorship in Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Medical Director, Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine), Medical Education, and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Master of Public Health, University of Illinois 1996
  • Residency, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Children’s Memorial Hospital), Pediatrics 1992
  • MD, Northwestern University 1989

Publications

Dec. 01, 2021

Screening Students and Staff for Asymptomatic Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Chicago Schools.

Jun. 01, 2021

Educational Attainment of Male Homicide Victims Aged 18 to 24 Years in Chicago: 2006 to 2015.

May. 10, 2021

Community-engaged research to develop a Chicago violence research agenda and recommendations to support future community engagement.

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