- Home
- About Us
- Divisions
- Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
- Allergy and Immunology
- Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
- Cardiology
- Child Advocacy
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- General Academic Pediatrics
- Genetic and Genomic Medicine
- Health Informatics
- Hematology-Oncology
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
- Neurology and Child Development
- Newborn Medicine
- Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Centers & Institutes
- Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism
- Center for Rare Disease Therapy
- Children's Neuroscience Institute
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
- Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity in Children
- Pediatric Asthma Center
- Pediatric Institute for Heart Regeneration and Therapeutics
- Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
- Pittsburgh Vaccine Trials Unit
- The Pittsburgh Study
- Research
- Diversity
- Education
- Faculty Affairs
- News
- People
- Podcasts
Ursula Wadsworth Parlin, MD
- Resident, PGY-3
Ursula Parlin, MD, is a pediatric resident at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Ursula received her Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College with a major in Hispanic Studies. She spent a year researching epigenetic factors influencing diabetes pathogenesis at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia before pursuing her medical doctorate at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Jefferson University. During medical school, she was in the Underserved Urban Track and focused on medical Spanish and the global and local factors leading to Latinx immigrant health inequities. In residency, Ursula is one of the leaders of the Community-Oriented Resident Education (CORE) group and works at Salud Para Niños.
Resident Biographical Details
- Hometown
-
Edinboro, PA
- College or Medical School
-
Oberlin College, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University
- Hobbies and Interests
-
Running, cooking, skiing, hiking, music
- Travel Interests and Languages
-
Spanish - Studied abroad in Spain and Colombia
- "Likes" about UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
-
Amazingly supportive environment.
- Interesting Fact
-
I play the mandolin!
Education & Training
- BA, Oberlin College, 2015
- Universidad de Córboda PRESCHO Study Abroad Program, 2013
- MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2020
Selected Publications
Xia, Q., Chesi, A., Manduchi, E., Johnston, B. T., Lu, S., Leonard, M. E., Parlin, U. W., Rappaport, E. F., Huan, P., Wells, A. D., Blobel, G. A., Johnson, Matthew, E. & Grant, S. F. A. (2016). The type 2 diabetes presumed causal variant within TCF7L2 resides in an element that controls the expression of ACSL5. Diabetologia 59: 2360. doi:10.1007/s00125-016-4077-2
Academic and Research Interests
- Infantile fever