Jessica M. Allan

Jessica M. Allan serves as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University's School of Medicine. She works as a Pediatric Hospitalist for Palo Alto Medical Foundation, providing care in the Newborn Nursery, Intermediate Care Nursery, and on the inpatient wards at Stanford Children's Hospital. She also serves as the chair-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Allan received her medical education from the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine in 2009. She completed her residency at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in 2012 and is board certified in Pediatrics (2012) and Pediatric Hospital Medicine (2019) by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Allan's research focuses on gender disparities in academic medicine, with particular attention to salary equity, work-life balance, and representation in leadership roles. Her work examines gender differences in communication patterns, authorship, editorial positions, and professional advancement in pediatric hospital medicine. She has conducted significant research on pediatric urinary tract infections and antibiotic stewardship. Her studies consistently reveal systemic inequities, including finding women's mean base salary was 87.7% of men's base salary in pediatric hospital medicine and documenting that women physicians report taking on more household responsibilities than their partners (41.4% vs. 8.4%).

Her publication trends show a consistent focus on gender equity in medicine, with 8 of her 10 most recent articles addressing various dimensions of this issue. These span multiple subfields including salary disparities, work-life integration, communication patterns, editorial representation, and clinical practice guideline authorship. The remaining articles focus on clinical aspects of pediatric hospital medicine, particularly urinary tract infections in infants.

Dr. Allan has made significant contributions to understanding gender disparities in academic medicine through multiple methodological approaches including survey research, content analysis, and retrospective cohort studies. Her work has been published in high-impact journals including JAMA Network Open, Pediatrics, and Hospital Pediatrics.

As an active clinician and researcher, Dr. Allan bridges patient care with scholarly work to address systemic issues affecting women in medicine. Her leadership role as chair-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Hospital Medicine demonstrates her standing in the field.