Allison Wu

Allison Wu, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Boston Children's Hospital. Her clinical and research focus centers on pediatric nutrition, childhood obesity, and health equity, with particular emphasis on food insecurity interventions.

Research combines epidemiological methods and implementation science to address nutrition-related health disparities. Current projects investigate neighborhood food access, meal assistance programs, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption patterns using agent-based modeling. Her work has been published in JAMA Pediatrics, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and other leading journals.

Dr. Wu completed medical training at Keck School of Medicine of USC, residency at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, and fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She holds additional MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is board-certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Obesity Medicine.