Jennifer E. Wolford, DO, MPH

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Program Director, Pediatric Advocacy Leadership Service, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Director of Community Outreach, Division of Child Advocacy

Administrative Assistant: Melanie Claypoole 

Dr. Wolford joined the Division of Child Advocacy at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in 2011, after completing her pediatric training at Children’s and serving as chief resident. She has a Master of Public Health degree at University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Her primary interests are in health care for underserved children, and she is the faculty advisor for the Pediatric training program called CORE (Community Oriented Resident Education).

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007-Present
  • Academic Pediatric Association, 2014-Present
  • Association of Pediatric Program Directors, 2014-Present
  • Helfer Society, 2015-Present

Education & Training

  • BS, Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998
  • MPH, Community Health Services, University of Pittsburgh, 2000
  • DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2006
  • Osteopathic Rotating Internship, Jefferson Health System-Frankford Hospital, 2006-2007
  • Residency in Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2007-2010
  • Chief Resident, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2010-2011

Selected Publications

Redinbaugh EM, Sullivan AM, Block SD, Gadmer NM, Lakoma M, Mitchell AM, Seltzer D, Wolford J, Arnold RM.  Doctors’ emotional reactions to recent death of a patient: cross-sectional study of hospital doctors.  BMJ 2003 Jul; 26;327(7408):185.  

Gold MA, Wolford JE, Smith KA, Parker AM.  The effects of advance provision of emergency contraception on adolescent women’s sexual and contraceptive behaviors.  J Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology 2004 Apr;17(2):87-96.

Zuccoli G, Panigrahy A, Haldipur A, Willaman D, Squires J, Wolford J, Sylvester CL, Mitchell E, Lope LA, Nischal KK, Berger RP. Susceptibility-weighted imaging depicts retinal hemorrhages in abusive head trauma.  Neuroradiology 2013 Jul; 55(7):889-893.

Thorpe EL, Zuckerbraun NS, Wolford JE, Berger RP.  Missed opportunities to diagnose child physical abuse.  Ped Emerg Care 2014 Nov;30(11):771-776.

Wolford JE, Berger RP, Eichman AE, Lindberg DM, ExSTRA Investigators. Injuries suggestive of physical abuse in young children with subconjunctival hemorrhages. Pediatr Emerg Care. In press.

Full Publication List via NIH PubMed »

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