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Office
8910 Via La Jolla Drive
UCSD Academic General Pediatrics
La Jolla, CA 92037- Is this information wrong?
Clinical Expertise
- Breastfeeding support, Pediatrics, Pediatric nutrition, Clinical research, Epidemiology, Health communication, Quality improvement, Health literacy, Urban health, Childhood obesity, Vaccines, Healthcare clinical outcomes research, Pediatrician-parent-child education, Compassionate communication
Education & Training
- New York-Presbyterian HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Research Fellow in Community Health, MSc in Epidemiology, 2016 - 2018
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Kravis Children'sResidency, Pediatrics, 2015 - 2016
- University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2013 - 2015
- Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2013, M.D.
- Columbia UniversityCertificate, Postbacc Premedical Studies, 2006 - 2008
- Harvard UniversityBA, VES (Documentary Film), 1999 - 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 2016 - 2019
- RI State Medical License 2014 - 2015
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsUsing the lens of trauma informed care to inform pediatric obesity management.Vanessa P Scott, Kyung E Rhee> ;Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2024 Feb 1
- Non-Nutritive Suckling System for Real-Time Characterization of Intraoral Vacuum Profile in Full Term Neonates.Phuong Truong, Erin Walsh, Vanessa P Scott, Todd Coleman, Gopesh Tilvawala, James Friend> ;IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 2023 Jan 1
- 6 citationsFactors associated with COVID-19 vaccine intent among Latino SNAP participants in Southern California.Vanessa P Scott, Sarah Hiller-Venegas, Kate Edra, Joe Prickitt, Yesenia Esquivel, Blanca Melendrez, Kyung E Rhee> ;BMC Public Health. 2022 Apr 5
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Journal Articles
- Office-Based Educational Handout for Influenza Vaccination: A Randomized Controlled TrialVanessa P. Scott, Douglas J. Opel, Jason Reifler, Sharon Rikin, Kalpana Pethe, Angela Barrett, Melissa S. Stockwell, Pediatrics, 8/2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Academic Pediatric AssociationMember
- Society for Pediatric ResearchMember
Hospital Affiliations
- UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestSan Diego, California
- Rady Children's Hospital - San DiegoSan Diego, California
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