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Institute for Health & Humanity
John Meurer, MD, MBA

John Meurer, MD, MBA

Professor of Community Health and General Pediatrics; Institute for Health & Humanity

Locations

  • MCW Medical Education Building - Institute for Health & Humanity
    Midtown Pediatrics - Children's Wisconsin

Contact Information

Education

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

Biography

Dr. John Meurer has been MCW faculty for 30 years. He leads evaluation of STRYV365 coaching and video game to advance social emotional learning and resiliency among school children. He continues collaboration of NIH-funded research of the impact of COVID vaccinations on mortality with 9 publications during the past two years. He also collaborates in a decade of CDC-funded research of the association of state Medicaid expansion on diabetes outcomes. He has been co-leader of workforce development in CTSI. He designs evaluation of Children’s metro clinic services to help patients to navigate health needs. Dr Meurer co-leads MPH courses in policy and population health management. He mentors MD, PhD, DrPH, and MPH students in research projects and career development. He weekly teaches pediatric residents at Children’s Midtown and monthly leads seminars on climate change and health.

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

  • Co-Director, MPH Policy and Population Health Management courses
  • Primary Mentor, PhD Public and Community Health and Doctorate in Public Health programs
  • Advisor/Mentor, School of Medicine

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 School 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

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