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Eve R Colson, MD, FAAP, MHPE

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
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Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Colson left Yale as an Emeritus Professor. She is currently Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Program Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement in the Office of Education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. She continues to conduct research to decrease health disparities and recently received three R01 grants from NIH to support this work.

Dr. Colson served on the faculty at Yale from 1998-2018. She has focused her career on newborn care, mixed methods research and medical education. She has a national and international reputation for her work in preventive care to decrease infant mortality. Her work is supported by NIH and other agencies and foundations. At Yale School of Medicine she served as Clerkship Director in Pediatrics, Director of the Curriculum of the Clerkships and Director of the Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience (ILCE) component of the curriculum. As a Macy Foundation Faculty Scholar, Dr. Colson helped create a longitudinal experience for students early in their medical education that includes working in the clinical setting with coaches and with students from other healthcare professions. 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 education and infant mortality. She has served as visiting professor and is regularly invited to present at regional, national and international professional meetings.


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Education & Training

MHPE
University of Illinois at Chicago (2014)
Fellow
University of Connecticut (1998)
Instructor
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (1995)
Resident & Chief Resident
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (1993)
MD
Yale University School of Medicine (1989)

Research

Overview

Dr. Colson has integrated clinical research initiatives into the activities of the Well Newborn Unit ; her research has focused on key issues in infant-maternal interaction in the post-partum period such as infant sleep position and maternal smoking cessation. She is Principal Investigator of a multi-site NIH grant focusing on Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) . In that capacity, she was asked by NIH to consult on a national initiatives to decrease the risk of SUID.

Dr. Colson is also a Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Faculty Scholar. In that capacity she develops, implements and studies unique approaches to medical education.

Medical Education and Curriculum Development. Sponsored by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

Infant Morbidity and Mortality. Safe Infant Sleep. Sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Medical Research Interests

Curriculum; Global Health; Health Behavior; Infant; Maternal Behavior; Pediatrics; Qualitative Research; Sudden Infant Death

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Eve R Colson's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Alvan R. Feinstein Award given to that member of the faculty chosen as the outstanding teacher of the year of clinical skills.

  • honor

    Leah Lowenstein Award presented to the faculty member who most clearly provides positive images of women in promoting humane and egalitarian medical education

  • honor

    Mae Gailani Junior Faculty Award in recognition of dedication to research and patient care

  • honor

    Pediatric Faculty Teaching Award

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