Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH

Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH is a Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Sheehan is the Medical Director of the Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, Associate Chair of Advocacy for the Department of Pediatrics, and the Medical Director of Lurie Children’s Injury Prevention & Research Center. As a Northwestern University Medical Student, Dr. Sheehan was a founding volunteer of the Chicago Youth Programs (CYP), a community-based organization that works to improve the health and life opportunities of youth living in poverty. Her primary areas of research interest are injury and violence prevention and improving the health of vulnerable populations.