Courtney Gidengil

Courtney Gidengil is an Assistant Professor (Part-Time) of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital Boston. She also serves as a Physician Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her roles emphasize clinical research, patient safety, and quality measurement in pediatric healthcare. Dr. Gidengil is board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, with expertise in vaccine hesitancy, healthcare-associated infections, and telemedicine quality.

Education:
- MD: McGill University (2003), Montreal, Canada
- Residency: Pediatrics at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University (2006)
- Fellowship: Pediatrics Infectious Diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital (2009)
- MPH: Harvard School of Public Health (2009)

Research Interests:
Dr. Gidengil’s work focuses on improving healthcare quality through evidence-based interventions. Her key areas include:
- Reducing vaccine disparities via community health worker programs
- Analyzing healthcare worker well-being during pandemics
- Leveraging computational models to predict vaccination behaviors
- Developing pediatric quality measures for care transitions and mental health
- Evaluating telemedicine practices for antibiotic prescribing and acute respiratory infections.

Advising & Grants:
Though no named students/grants are listed, her research projects reflect collaborative efforts with institutions like AHRQ and involve multidisciplinary teams addressing public health challenges. She leads the AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for pediatrics and studies innovative health IT solutions for complex patient care coordination.

Labs/Teams:
She is affiliated with the Infectious Diseases Research unit at Boston Children’s Hospital and contributes to the RAND Corporation’s health policy research initiatives.