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Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Medical Director of the Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities
Associate Chair of Advocacy for the Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director of Lurie Children’s Injury Prevention & Research Center
ksheehan@luriechildrens.org
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.
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Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH
Pioneer Award Keynote: Looking Back/Forging Forward
Karen Sheehan, MD, MPH
Reflecting on our past can help inform our current and future injury prevention efforts.
1. Recognize how the past informs our current and future injury prevention work
2. Examine various injury prevention interventions to address the social and physical environments
3. Discuss several injury prevention frameworks
4. Describe cross-sector strategies to promote injury prevention
5. Identify non-traditional funding mechanisms for injury prevention activities