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Research Overview

Dr. Russ aims to advance pediatric care domestically and in global health through improving pediatric education. Dr. Russ is the rotation director for the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP) Pediatric Global Health Rotations, and co-chair of the BCRP Academy for Community and Global Health. She collaborates with other pediatric global health educators in the Association of Pediatric Program Directors on curriculum development, travel preparation, and mentorship for pediatric trainees who plan to work in global health settings. She has partnered with colleagues in the Global Health Education Consortium to develop an online, interactive global health curriculum. She is currently working on studies to evaluate outcomes of global health rotations.

Her global work is based in Eastern Africa, with a focus on improving health in under-resourced areas through medical education in hospitals and clinics. She is currently undertaking a qualitative study of host perceptions of guest faculty at pediatric training centers in East Africa. She is also partnering with Physicians for Haiti and Partners in Health on a faculty development in medical education program at Mirebalais University Hospital in Haiti.

Dr. Russ is a hospitalist and the Associate Medical Director in the Intermediate Care Program. In addition to her clinical role she oversees quality improvement initiatives in the unit.

Research Background

Dr. Russ is a pediatric hospitalist who graduated from Washington University in St. Louis as a systems science engineer and subsequently trained in medicine at the University of Tennessee, Memphis. She completed her residency training in pediatrics in 2007 at the Boston Combined Residency Program at Children's Hospital, Boston. Following residency she completed the Harvard Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education and received a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

Education

Undergraduate School

Washington University
1999 St. Louis MO

Medical School

University of Tennessee School of Medicine
2004 Memphis TN

Internship

Pediatrics Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
2005 Boston MA

Residency

Pediatrics Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
2007 Boston MA

Publications

  1. Comparison of 2-Bag Method With Serial Bag Method for Treatment of Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 44(2):85-90. View Abstract
  2. Pediatric Intermediate Care Units: A Bridge Between Pediatric Ward and ICU Care. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 07 01; 14(7):e317-e320. View Abstract
  3. Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement. Hum Resour Health. 2023 08 17; 21(1):65. View Abstract
  4. The Pediatrician Workforce in the United States and China. Pediatrics. 2023 06 01; 151(6). View Abstract
  5. Learning to walk the walk: Incorporating praxis for decolonization in global health education. Glob Public Health. 2023 01; 18(1):2193834. View Abstract
  6. Learner Milestones to Guide Decolonial Global Health Education. Ann Glob Health. 2022; 88(1):99. View Abstract
  7. Guidance for Structuring a Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit. Pediatrics. 2022 05 01; 149(5). View Abstract
  8. Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Global Health: A Fitting Niche for an Emerging Subspecialty. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 09 07; 105(5):1152-1154. View Abstract
  9. Development of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors Global Educator Scholarship-Expanding Bidirectional Efforts in Global Health Education. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Nov-Dec; 21(8):1309-1313. View Abstract
  10. Paediatric to adult healthcare transition in resource-limited settings: a narrative review. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2021; 5(1):e001059. View Abstract
  11. Quality Improvement Incorporating a Feedback Loop for Accurate Medication Reconciliation. Pediatrics. 2020 12; 146(6). View Abstract
  12. Global Health Opportunities in Pediatric Fellowships. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2). View Abstract
  13. Global Guide: A Comprehensive Global Health Education Resource for Pediatric Program Directors. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2). View Abstract
  14. Global Gaps in Training Opportunities for Pediatricians and Pediatric Subspecialists. Acad Pediatr. 2020 08; 20(6):823-832. View Abstract
  15. Initiation of Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure in a Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 07; 9(7):538-544. View Abstract
  16. Who Takes Care of the Children? Questions About the Pediatric Workforce. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1). View Abstract
  17. Defining Global Health Tracks for Pediatric Residencies. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1). View Abstract
  18. Reconfiguring a One-Way Street: A Position Paper on Why and How to Improve Equity in Global Physician Training. Acad Med. 2019 04; 94(4):482-489. View Abstract
  19. Where are the paediatricians? An international survey to understand the global paediatric workforce. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2019; 3(1). View Abstract
  20. Applying Self-Determination Theory to Redesign an Inpatient Care Team. Acad Pediatr. 2019 04; 19(3):351-353. View Abstract
  21. The Collaborative Role of North American Departments of Pediatrics in Global Child Health. Pediatrics. 2018 07; 142(1). View Abstract
  22. Landscape Analysis of Global Health Tracks in United States Pediatric Residencies: Moving Toward Standards. Acad Pediatr. 2018 08; 18(6):705-713. View Abstract
  23. Bidirectional Exchange in Global Health: Moving Toward True Global Health Partnership. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul; 97(1):6-9. View Abstract
  24. A Study of Global Health Elective Outcomes: A Pediatric Residency Experience. Glob Pediatr Health. 2017; 4:2333794X16683806. View Abstract
  25. Perspectives of host faculty and trainees on international visiting faculty to paediatric academic departments in East Africa. BMJ Glob Health. 2016; 1(3):e000097. View Abstract
  26. New views on global child health: global solutions for care of vulnerable children in the United States. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2016 10; 28(5):667-72. View Abstract
  27. Triage of Intermediate-Care Patients in Pediatric Hospitals. Hosp Pediatr. 2015 Oct; 5(10):542-7. View Abstract
  28. Overcoming challenges to develop pediatric postgraduate training programs in low- and middle-income countries. Educ Health (Abingdon). 2014 Sep-Dec; 27(3):277-82. View Abstract
  29. Health Outcomes and Health Care Access in the Delta Region. UT Center for Health Services Research Special Bulletin. 2002; (5). View Abstract
  30. Changes in Emergency Department Use in the Memphis Area. UT Center for Health Services Research, Special Bulletin. 2002; (3). View Abstract
  31. On the Matrix Cracking Stress and the Redistribution of Internal Stresses in Brittle-Matrix Composites. Journal of Materials Science and Engineering. 1998; A250:270-278. View Abstract
  32. Redistribution of Internal Stresses and Residual Stresses in Composites: An Approach for Increasing the Matrix Cracking Stress. Ceramics Engineering and Science. 1997; 18:437-446. View Abstract
  33. Some physiologic effects of short- and long-term hypothermia upon the liver. Surgery. 1956 Nov; 40(5):862-73. View Abstract

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