Eve R Colson MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupGlobal Health Initiative: Women & Child Health
Medical Education Staff: Medical Student Education
Pediatrics: Pediatric Primary Care/General Pediatrics
Biography
Dr. Colson, Associate Professor of Pediatrics joined the faculty at the Yale School of Medicine 14 years ago. She has focused her career on newborn care, qualitative research and medical education. Her leadership roles at Yale School of medicine include, the Clerkship Director in Pediatrics, the Director of the Curriculum of the Clerkships and Director of the Longitudinal Clinical Experience component of the new curriculum. As a Macy Foundation Faculty Scholar, Dr. Colson is creating a longitudinal experience for students early in their medical education that will include continuity with patients, with mentors and with students from other healthcare professions. She is known at the national level for her scholarship in qualitative research and this past year developed the first qualitative research special interest group at the Pediatric Academic Societies. At Yale and beyond she mentors faculty and students interested in medical education research, qualitative and mixed methods research methods. Dr.Colson has published original clinical research articles and has several ongoing projects focused on medical eduation. She has served as visiting professor and has been invited to present regularly at regional and national professional meetings.
Education
- M.D., Yale University School of Medicine , 1989
Selected Publication
- Meharry P, Colson E, Grizas A, Stiller R, Vazquez M. Why women accept or reject the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) during pregnancy. Matern Child Health J. In Press.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Leah Lowenstein Award presented to the faculty member who most clearly provides positive images of women in promoting humane and egalitarian medical education(2004) , Yale University School of Medicine
Articles

Autumn 2010
Faculty and students bid farewell to someone who “does everything”
When it came time to bid farewell to Gisella Weissbach-Licht, no one could think of anything that she didn’t do during...

Autumn 2011
White Coat ceremony kicks off Bicentennial
The annual White Coat ceremony in Harkness Auditorium in August was the inaugural event of the School of Medicine’s...

Winter 2012
Eve R. Colson
Eve R. Colson, M.D. ’89, associate professor of pediatrics, has been named a Macy Faculty Scholar by the Josiah Macy...

Autumn 2008
Celebration, loss and an exhortation to dream
Commencement was a day of mixed emotions for graduates in the Class of 2008. As they celebrated their own passage from...



