Elizabeth Petersen

Elizabeth Petersen is a Medical Educator at Harvard Medical School, working within the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital. She serves as the Director of the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, focusing on resident training and educational innovation.

• Education:
  • Undergraduate: Gustavus Adolphus College
  • Graduate: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (MPH)
  • Medical School: University of Minnesota

Her research spans medical education, mentorship curriculum development, cross-departmental training, and global health initiatives. She has published on professionalism assessment in medical clerkships, multimodal mentorship programs, and healthcare delivery models in low-resource settings like rural Malawi.

Her recent publications focus on pediatric nephrology (acute kidney injury in constipation), educational strategies (professionalism evaluation), and global health interventions (HIV service delivery, disability screening). While no specific scientific awards are listed in the provided texts, her work influences resident education frameworks and cross-disciplinary medical training.