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Elissa Weitzman is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Scientist in the Division of Addiction Medicine and Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. She leads research focused on substance use prevention, chronic illness management, and participatory health informatics. Her work emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches, including mixed methods and biopsychosocial models, to address health disparities and improve healthcare transitions for vulnerable youth. Dr. Weitzman’s research has been funded by NIH, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and others, and she has mentored numerous physician-scientists and postdoctoral fellows.
Education:
- ScD and MSc in Health Policy, Behavioral Sciences, and Psychiatric and Social Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Post-doctoral training in medical ethics and public health at Harvard Medical School
Research Interests: Substance use prevention, chronic illness management (e.g., type 1 diabetes, rheumatic conditions), participatory research methods, and the integration of technology in healthcare. Her recent work includes developing interventions to reduce alcohol use among youth with chronic conditions and evaluating school-based substance use screening programs.
Notable Projects:
- Leading a randomized trial of a condition-tailored intervention to reduce alcohol use among youth with chronic illnesses
- Evaluating the acceptability of a fentanyl vaccine to combat opioid overdose
- Advancing participatory surveillance methods using social media data for public health monitoring
Awards and Recognition: None explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Advising and Grants: Dr. Weitzman mentors researchers and fellows, co-directs the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine Research and Mentoring Forum, and directs research training for Boston Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Her grants include support from the NIH/NIAAA, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation.
Labs and Teams: Director of the Weitzman Laboratory Research at Boston Children’s Hospital, which focuses on improving healthcare transitions and addressing substance use and chronic illness through innovative research and technology integration.
