Elizabeth R Alpern

Dr. Elizabeth R Alpern is the George M. Eisenberg Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She serves as Chief of Emergency Medicine at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, with dual appointments in the Department of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science).

• B.A., University of Michigan (1987)
• M.D., University of Michigan (1992)
• M.S., University of Pennsylvania (2000)

Dr. Alpern's research focuses on clinical epidemiology, quality improvement, and pediatric sepsis, leveraging large-scale databases to standardize care. Her work spans emergency medicine, infectious diseases, and public health through the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) and the PED Screen Registry.

Her recent publications emphasize antibiotic administration, septic shock prediction, and firearm injury epidemiology. Dr. Alpern has received multiple teaching and research mentorship awards, including the Nate Kuppermann Award and George Eisenberg Professorship.

• Awards: Outstanding Division of the Year (2024), Augusta Webster Teaching Pin (2021), ELAM Fellowship (2017), and 15+ Jean A. Cortner Teaching Awards (1996–2007)
• Funding: AHRQ and NIH/NICHD grants for EHR-based quality benchmarking