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Elizabeth Alpern is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Center for Healthcare Studies of the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is both a pediatric emergency physician and clinical epidemiologist Her research interests include the use of large databases within research networks to improve the quality of emergent care delivered to children through application of evidence-based work. Dr. Alpern has been a member of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), the first federally funded national network for research on emergency medical services for children, since it inception in 2001. In addition to her leadership roles with PECARN, she also was the Principal Investigator on a project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop and leverage the PECARN Registry to establish quality benchmarks for urgent and emergent care. She is also funded by the National Institutes of Health (NICHD) as the Principal Investigator to expand and utilize the PECARN Registry data to study the risk of sepsis in pediatric emergency department patients. Currently Dr. Alpern serves as the standing member on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Study Section on Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and has lectured nationally and internationally.
Training Experience
| 1993 | Internship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 1995 | Residency, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 1998 | Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, University of Michigan
… → 1992
Research interests
- Emergency Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Pediatrics
- Quality Improvement
- Sepsis
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Grants
The Effect of ED and After-ED Analgesic Treatment on Pediatric Long Bone Fracture Outcomes
Medical College of Wisconsin, National Institutes of Health
8/15/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
The Effect of ED and After-ED Analgesic Treatment on Pediatric Long Bone Fracture Outcomes
Medical College of Wisconsin, National Institutes of Health
8/15/18 → 5/31/23
Project: Research project
Missed Opportunities for Improving Diagnosis in Pediatric Emergency Care
University of Michigan, Agency for Healthcare Research Quality
8/1/18 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
Missed Opportunities for Improving Diagnosis in Pediatric Emergency Care
University of Michigan, Agency for Healthcare Research Quality
8/1/18 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
Building Research Capacity for Firearm Safety Among Children
University of Michigan, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
4/1/17 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
Research Output
Factors Associated With Urgent Care Reliance and Outpatient Health Care Use Among Children Enrolled in Medicaid
Burns, R. R., Alpern, E. R., Rodean, J., Canares, T., Lee, B. R., Hall, M. & Montalbano, A., May 1 2020, In : JAMA network open. 3, 5, p. e204185Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Gene Expression Profiles in Children With Suspected Sepsis
Balamuth, F., Alpern, E. R., Kan, M., Shumyatcher, M., Hayes, K., Lautenbach, E. & Himes, B. E., Jun 2020, In : Annals of Emergency Medicine. 75, 6, p. 744-754 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Ignoring Goldfarb's Warning: Why Studying and Addressing the Social Context Matters
Heard-Garris, N., Sheehan, K. & Alpern, E. R., Apr 2020, In : Journal of Pediatrics. 219, p. 9-10.e1Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Intravenous Magnesium in Asthma Pharmacotherapy: Variability in Use in the PECARN Registry
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), May 2020, In : Journal of Pediatrics. 220, p. 165-174.e2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Pediatric outpatient utilization by differing Medicaid payment models in the United States
Canares, T. L., Friedman, A., Rodean, J., Burns, R. R., Berkowitz, D., Hall, M., Alpern, E. R. & Montalbano, A., Jun 12 2020, In : BMC health services research. 20, 1, 532.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access