John R. Meurer, MD, MBA

Researcher (active grants)

• Principal Investigator (PI), Research in Early childhood Development by Improving Resiliency and EQuiTy (REDIRECT), MCW Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW)
• PI, Healthier children through a shared service network of child cares supporting ASQ screening and early intervention in Monroe and Vernon counties with Wisconsin Early Childhood Association, HWPP
• PI, Vroom evaluation, Betty Brinn Children’s Museum and Milwaukee Succeeds
• Co-Investigator, Implementation of automated measures of language environments to improve educator efficacy and reduce disparities in disadvantaged urban youth, CTSI
• Co-Investigator, Effect of ACA state Medicaid expansion on diabetes, NIH and CDC

Community-Engaged Advocate

• Advocacy focused on early childhood education affordability, teacher retention, and center quality improvement and data sharing
• 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
• MCW President’s Community Engagement Award
• MCW Outstanding Faculty Service Award

Educator

• Faculty Director, Master of Public Health Program
• Co-Director, Health Systems Management and Policy pathway for medical and pharmacy students
• Director, Precision Medicine Education Program for clinicians (under development with AHW funding)
• Director, Translational Workforce Development, Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI)
• Co-Director, Primary Care Research Fellowship, funded by HRSA
• MCW Society for Teaching Scholars (elected)
• MCW Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Awards (6)
• MCW Outstanding Graduate Education Awards (2)

Pediatrician

General Pediatrician and Resident Educator, Children’s Medical Group-Midtown

Best Doctors in America (12 years)

American Academy of Pediatrics Awards for Distinguished Service and Dedication

Wisconsin Chapter of the AAP, Pediatrician of the Year Award

Educational Experiences

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