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Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH is a Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a founding volunteer of the Chicago Youth Programs, a community-based organization that works to improve the health and life opportunities of at-risk youth. She is also Associate Chair of Advocacy for the Department of Pediatrics and Medical Director of Lurie Children’s Injury Prevention & Research Center and Lurie Children's Healthy Communities.
Dr. Sheehan is interested in youth development, injury and violence prevention, and population health.
Dr. Sheehan divides her clinical time between directing the Chicago Youth Programs Clinic at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and attending in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
Certifications and Licenses
| Pediatrics | |
| Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
Training Experience
| 1992 | Residency, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Children’s Memorial Hospital) |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Public Health, MPH, University of Illinois at Chicago
… → 1996
Medicine, MD, Northwestern University
… → 1989
Research interests keywords
- Injury Prevention
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
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Grants
- 20 Finished
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Collecting Violent Death Information Using National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS): Illinois
Mason, M., Kwon, S. & Sheehan, K. M.
9/1/19 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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Statewide Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS): Overdose to Action / OD2A
Illinois Department of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control
9/1/19 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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Enhanced State Surveillance of Opioid-Involved Mortality
Illinois Department of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control
9/1/17 → 8/31/19
Project: Research project
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2017 CATCH Resident (Cycle 1) Grant: Back to Basics: Safe Sleep ABCD's
American Academy of Pediatrics
12/1/16 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
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Academic Units for Primary Care Training and Enhancement
Sheehan, K. M., Bayldon, B. & Paquette, E. D.
Northwestern University, Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/16 → 6/30/21
Project: Research project
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A Community-Based Youth Diversion Program as an Alternative to Incarceration, Illinois, 2017-2019
Gigante, C. I., Rak, K., Kaplan, A., Helmcamp, L., Otoo, C. & Sheehan, K. M., Sep 2022, In: American journal of public health. 112, 9, p. 1265-1268 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressing the void: firearm injury prevention in the USA
Lee, L. K., Chaudhary, S., Kemal, S., Kiragu, A., Sheehan, K. & Fleegler, E. W., Aug 2022, In: The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. 6, 8, p. 515-516 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Association between youth homicides and state spending: A Chicago cross-sectional case study
Mason, M., McLone, S., Monuteaux, M. C., Sheehan, K., Lee, L. K. & Fleegler, E. W., Jan 24 2022, In: BMJ open. 12, 1, e052933.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterizing physical trauma in children and youth with special health care needs
Lillvis, D. F., Sheehan, K. M., Yu, J., Noyes, K., Bass, K. D. & Kuo, D. Z., Sep 1 2022, In: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 93, 3, p. 299-306 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Childhood Protective Factors and Future Adult Health Outcomes in an Urban Environment
Orbuch, R., Rosenow, W. T., Yousuf, S. & Sheehan, K., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review