John Meurer, MD, MBA

Professor of Community Health and General Pediatrics; Director of the Institute for Health & Equity

Locations

Division of Community Health - Professor and Director
Midtown Clinic | Children's Wisconsin - Pediatrician

Contact Information

Education

BS, Marquette University
MD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MBA, Northwestern University
Pediatrics residency, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Policy fellowship, David Winston Program, Washington DC

Biography

Researcher

Principal Investigator, Evaluation of STRYV365 Programs
Co-Investigator, Translational Workforce Development and Team Science, Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin, NIH
Co-Investigator, Effects of Medicaid Coverage and State-Level Delivery Approaches on Healthcare Quality, Outcomes and Costs for Adults with Diabetes, CDC
Principal Investigator, Glow Beyond Health Navigation in Primary Care, Children’s Wisconsin

Educator

Director, Precision Medicine Education Program and Introductory Course
Director, MPH Policy and Population Health Management courses
Primary Mentor, PhD Public and Community Health program

Pediatrician

General Pediatrician and Resident Educator, Children’s Medical Group-Midtown
Pediatrician of the Year Award, Wisconsin Chapter of the AAP

Community-Engaged Advocate

Collaborator, MCW Center for Sustainability, Health and Environment
BizTimes Health Care Heroes Award for Co-Chairing the Cancer Center Community Advisory Board
Milwaukee YMCA Healthy Citizenship Award for Milwaukee Childhood Obesity Prevention
Catalyst for Change Award, Milwaukee Area Health Education Center

Medical College of Wisconsin Honors and Awards

Distinguished Service Award
President's Community Engagement Award
Society for Teaching Scholars
Outstanding Medical Student Teacher (7 awards)
Outstanding Graduate Educator (3 awards)

National Awards

AOA National Medical Honor Society, inducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Best Doctors in America (12 years)
Distinguished Service and Dedication, American Academy of Pediatrics

Asthma as a Risk Factor for Hospitalization in Children and Youth With COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

(Lara ST, Rein LE, Simanek AM, Totoraitis MF, Rausch DJ, Weston BW, Ahn KW, Meurer JR, Beyer KMM.) Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Jan 15 PMID: 38241639 01/19/2024
Evidence on COVID-19 Mortality and Disparities Using a Novel Measure, COVID excess mortality percentage: Evidence from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois.

(Atanasov V, Barreto N, Franchi L, Whittle J, Meurer J, Weston BW, Luo QE, Yuan AY, Zhang R, Black B.) PLoS One. 2024;19(1):e0295936 PMID: 38295114 PMCID: PMC10829977 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85183811426 01/31/2024
Child Anxiety and Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Unmet Mental Health Care Needs

(Daskalska L, Tarima S, Meurer J, Young S.) Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184900880 01/01/2024
Fight COVID Milwaukee protective behaviors and risk communications associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Titi M, Keval A, Martinez E, Dickson-Gomez J, Young S, Meurer J.) Sci Rep. 2023 Dec 22;13(1):22949 PMID: 38135690 PMCID: PMC10746720 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180508271 12/23/2023
COVID-19 Boosters: If The US Had Matched Israel's Speed And Take-Up, An Estimated 29,000 US Lives Would Have Been Saved.

(Black B, Atanasov V, Glatman-Freedman A, Keinan-Boker L, Reichman A, Franchi L, Meurer J, Luo Q, Thaw DB, Moghtaderi A.) Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Dec;42(12):1747-1757 PMID: 38048511 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178553653 12/04/2023
Selection Effects and COVID-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records.

(Atanasov V, Barreto N, Whittle J, Meurer J, Weston BW, Luo QE, Yuan AY, Franchi L, Zhang R, Black B.) Vaccines (Basel). 2023 May 11;11(5) PMID: 37243075 PMCID: PMC10221876 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85160332576 05/27/2023
Navigating misinformation and political polarization of COVID-19: interviews with Milwaukee, Wisconsin county public health officials.

(Bates G, Titi M, Dickson-Gomez J, Young S, Keval A, Meurer J.) Front Public Health. 2023;11:1215367 PMID: 38179566 PMCID: PMC10764567 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181522069 01/05/2024
Community focus groups about a COVID-19 individual risk assessment tool: access, understanding and usefulness

(Keval A, Titi M, Saleh HO, Young S, Gomez JD, Atanasov V, Black B, Meurer J.) BMC Public Health. December 2023;23(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170404045 12/01/2023
Team science criteria and processes for promotion and tenure of Health Science University Faculty.

(Meurer JR, Fertig J, Garrison O, Shaker R.) J Clin Transl Sci. 2023;7(1):e27 PMID: 36755530 PMCID: PMC9879892 02/10/2023
Context Matters: Assessing the Association Between Area Deprivation and the Severity of Injury and Types of Domestic Violence Victimization Among Women.

(Shour AR, Hamberger LK, Meurer J, Kostelac C, Cassidy L.) J Interpers Violence. 2022 Dec;37(23-24):NP22352-NP22374 PMID: 35098777 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124171826 02/01/2022
Asthma Smarts Education: Increased Disease Knowledge and Reduced School Nurse Visits.

(Lee E, Grayson M, Klaver D, Fuller B, Dasgupta M, Steinberg J, Meurer J.) Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2022;16(2):193-203 PMID: 35662146 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131700962 06/07/2022
Improving Child Development Screening: Implications for Professional Practice and Patient Equity.

(Meurer J, Rohloff R, Rein L, Kanter I, Kotagiri N, Gundacker C, Tarima S.) J Prim Care Community Health. 2022;13:21501319211062676 PMID: 34986680 PMCID: PMC8743928 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122409778 01/07/2022