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Rosemary Martoma
MD, MBChB, FAAP
Research Fellow, Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP)
Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Research Overview
Dr. Rosemary Martoma is a pediatrician, General Academic Pediatrics Fellow, and Research Fellow with the Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP) at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Her research integrates infectious disease epidemiology, computational modeling, and social determinants of health to improve real-time public health response and outcomes for underserved children. She has led studies examining measles resurgence in the U.S. and developed VaxEstim, a Bayesian model for rapid estimation of vaccination coverage and immunity gaps at outbreak onset. In parallel, her work in trauma-informed care focuses on strengthening healthcare systems’ capacity to support children facing adversity, including those affected by parental incarceration and structural inequities.
Research Background
Dr. Rosemary Martoma is a board-certified pediatrician and Fellow in General Academic Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she also serves as a Research Fellow in the Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP). Before joining BCH, she was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University and an Attending Pediatrician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she contributed to research in child health equity and served as a Principal Investigator in the Research Institute. Her work spans computational epidemiology, pediatric primary care, and population-health approaches to trauma-informed and equity-focused care. She also serves as Faculty in the American Academy of Pediatrics Trauma-Informed Care Champion Program, contributing to national efforts to improve pediatric responses to childhood adversity.
Selected Publications
- Martoma RA, Martoma JC, Majumder MS. Measles vaccination coverage after a postelimination outbreak. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(9):e2533732. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33732.
- Martoma RA, Martoma JC, Majumder MS. Validation of VaxEstim, a Bayesian model for rapid estimation of measles–mumps–rubella vaccination coverage at outbreak onset. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2025;32:101253. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2025.101253.
- Martoma RA, Washam M, Omar H, et al. Epidemiologic analysis of a postelimination measles outbreak in Central Ohio, 2022–2023. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(8):e2429696. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29696.
- Martoma RA, Washam M, Martoma JC, et al. Modeling vaccination coverage during the 2022 Central Ohio measles outbreak. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023;23. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100533.
- Martoma RA, Kelleher KJ, Kemper AR. Caring for children of incarcerated parents. Pediatr Rev. 2022;43(11):631–642. doi:10.1542/pir.2021-005466.