ElsieMTaverasMD

Pediatrics • Boston, MA

Associate Professor, Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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Office
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-509-9928

Fax+1 617-509-9853
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Summary

Dr. Elsie Taveras, MD is a pediatrician in Boston, Massachusetts. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. She is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Education & Training

Children's Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1997 - 2001
New York University School of MedicineClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Trials

Study of Technology to Accelerate Research Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Healthy Habits, Happy Homes: An Intervention to Improve Household Routines for Obesity Prevention Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Mass in Motion Kids in the Clinical Setting Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Connect 4 Health: An Intervention to Improve Childhood Obesity Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Clinical & Community Approaches to Weight Management Start of enrollment: 2016 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Implementation and Evaluation of a Before School Physical Activity Program in Revere, MA Start of enrollment: 2018 Feb 16
Completed
Not Applicable
Connect for Health Pediatric Weight Management Program Start of enrollment: 2019 Nov 19
Completed
Not Applicable
First Heroes: Engaging Fathers in the First 1000 Days Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 04
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Associations of Childhood Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers With Adolescent PCOS.
Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Wei Perng, Jorge E Chavarro, Emily Oken, Rachel C Whooten, Elsie Taveras, Marie-France Hivert> ;Pediatrics. 2024 Apr 18
School-based mobile clinics to improve vaccine access: a cross-sectional study of COVID-19 vaccination.
Miriam Deukmejian, Cesar Guerra Castillo, Tyler S Brown, Priya Sarin Gupta, Amir M Mohareb, Regina LaRocque, Elsie Taveras> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2024 Apr 8
Satisfaction with a meal kit delivery program and feasibility of a phase I trial in the intervening in food insecurity to reduce and mitigate (InFoRM) childhood obesit...
Allison J Wu, Marissa Huggins, Hsin-Tao Grace Lin, Arlette Caballero-Gonzalez, Nisha Dalvie, Erica Di Battista, Elsie M Taveras, Lauren Fiechtner> ;Pediatric Obesity. 2024 May 1
Evaluating the Implementation of the Connect for Health Pediatric Weight Management Program.
Simione, M., Frost, H., Farrar-Muir, H., Luo, M., Granadeño, J., Boudreau, A., Moreland, J., Wallace, J., Young, J., Orav, J., Sease, K., Torres, C., Hambidge, S., Tav...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2024 Jan 2
Helping Us Grow Stronger (HUGS)/Abrazos: a community-based initiative improved perinatal mental health in an urban cohort.
Simione, M., James, K., Shook, L., Taveras, E., Perkins, M., Luo, M., Swift, H., Kim, J., Jasset, O., Siegel, M., Edlow, A.> ;American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 2024 Feb 1
Assessing the market viability of a packaged intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment.
Persaud, A., Smith, N., Lindros, J., Salmon, J., Ventura, G., Perkins, M., Fiechtner, L., Simione, M., Taveras, E.> ;Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2023 Dec 8
1 citations
Expectant fathers' health behaviors, infant care intentions, and social-emotional wellbeing in the perinatal period: A latent class analysis and comparison to mothers.
Rachel C Whooten, Milton Kotelchuck, Ariadne V Caballero Gonzalez, Nafissa Johnson, Gracia Kwete, Man Luo, Haley Farrar Muir, Elizabeth A Barth, Nicole Smith, Elsie M ...> ;Preventive Medicine Reports. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Adapting Connect for Health pediatric weight management program for telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meg Simione, Kelly Aschbrenner, Haley Farrar-Muir, Man Luo, Jazmin Granadeno, Ariadne Caballero-Gonzalez, Sarah N Price, Carlos Torres, Alexy Arauz Boudreau, Lauren Fi...> ;Implementation Science Communications. 2023 Nov 16
2 citations
Costs to Implement a Pediatric Weight Management Program Across 3 Distinct Contexts.
Natalie Riva Smith, Meg Simione, Haley Farrar-Muir, Jazmin Granadeno, Jennifer W Moreland, Jessica Wallace, Holly M Frost, Jackie Young, Cassie Craddock, Kerry Sease, ...> ;Medical Care. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Human-centered designed communication tools for obesity prevention in early life.
Erika R Cheng, Courtney Moore, Lisa Parks, Elsie M Taveras, Sarah E Wiehe, Aaron E Carroll> ;Preventive Medicine Reports. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
The association of food insecurity on body mass index change in a pediatric weight management intervention.
Alicia Persaud, E Whitney Evans, Meghan Perkins, Meg Simione, Erika R Cheng, Mandy Luo, Rachel Burgun, Elsie M Taveras, Lauren Fiechtner> ;Pediatric Obesity. 2023 Nov 1
3 citations
Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Allison J Wu, Jacob B Mirsky, Meghan E Perkins, Mandy Luo, Cara F Ruggiero, Michael Lenson, Rachel Burgun, Elsie M Taveras, Lauren Fiechtner> ;Preventing Chronic Disease. 2023 Jun 22
1 citations
Protocol for the implementation of a statewide mobile addiction program.
Cynthia A Tschampl, Craig Regis, Nafissa E Johnson, Margot Trotter Davis, Dominic Hodgkin, Mary F Brolin, Elizabeth Do, Constance M Horgan, Traci C Green, Brittni Reil...> ;Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. 2023 May 1
Stakeholders' perception of factors influencing adoption of a pediatric weight management intervention: a qualitative study.
Desiree Sierra-Velez, Anisha Gundewar, Alicia Persaud, Meg Simione, Ines Castro, Meghan Perkins, Jeanne Lindros, Jeremiah Salmon, Justin D Smith, Elsie M Taveras, Laur...> ;Frontiers in Public Health. 2023 Jan 1
1 citations
A Health System Framework for Addressing Structural Racism: Mass General Brigham's United Against Racism Initiative.
Allison S Bryant, Julia A Healey, Sarah Wilkie, Carla Carten, Thomas D Sequist, Elsie M Taveras> ;Health Equity. 2023 Jan 1
3 citations
Embedding community-engaged research principles in implementation science: The implementation science center for cancer control equity.
Gina R Kruse, Rebekka M Lee, Kelly A Aschbrenner, James G Daly, Susan Dargon-Hart, Madeline E Davies, Daniel A Gundersen, Leslie Pelton-Cairns, Jonathan P Winickoff, E...> ;Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Association between unmet social needs and healthy lifestyle parenting behaviors.
Kelsey A Egan, Man Luo, Meghan Perkins, Ines Castro, Megan Sandel, Caroline J Kistin, Elsie M Taveras, Lauren Fiechtner> ;Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023 Jan 1
3 citations
Mobile Health Services for COVID-19: Counseling, Testing, and Vaccination for Medically Underserved Populations.
Priya Sarin Gupta, Amir M Mohareb, Christine Valdes, Christin Price, Margaret Jollife, Craig Regis, Nehal Munshi, Eddie Taborda, Miriam Lautenschlager, Anne Fox, Diane...> ;American Journal of Public Health. 2022 Nov 1
Keys to Achieving Clinically Important Weight Loss: Perceptions of Responders and Nonresponders in the Clinic and Community Approaches to Healthy Weight Trial.
Christopher Fay, Ines Castro, Desiree Sierra Velez, Cara F Ruggiero, Giselle O'Connor, Meghan Perkins, Mandy Luo, Mona Sharifi, Fernanda Neri Mini, Elsie M Taveras, Ka...> ;Childhood Obesity. 2023 Dec 1
4 citations
Expanding COVID-19 vaccine access to underserved populations through implementation of mobile vaccination units.
Priya Sarin Gupta, Amir M Mohareb, Christine Valdes, Christin Price, Mimi Jollife, Craig Regis, Nehal Munshi, Eddie Taborda, Miriam Lautenschlager, Anne Fox, Diane Han...> ;Preventive Medicine. 2022 Oct 1
1 citations
Parent and Pediatrician Perspectives on Physical Activity Promotion in Pediatric Primary Care: A Preliminary Mixed Methods Study.
Rachel Whooten, Christine Horan, Annabelle Aguirre, Anna Nicole Dartley, Elsie Taveras> ;American Journal of Health Promotion. 2023 Jan 1
8 citations
Implementing expanded COVID-19 testing in Massachusetts community health centers through community partnerships: Protocol for an interrupted time series and stepped we...
Gina R Kruse, Leslie Pelton-Cairns, Elsie M Taveras, Susan Dargon-Hart, Daniel A Gundersen, Rebekka M Lee, Barbara E Bierer, Erica Lawlor, Regina C LaRocque, Julia L M...> ;Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2022 Jul 1
4 citations
Associations of sleep-related behaviors and the sleep environment at infant age one month with sleep patterns in infants five months later.
Mirja Quante, Glen W McGee, Xinting Yu, Tayla von Ash, Mandy Luo, Emily R Kaplan, Michael Rueschman, Sebastien Haneuse, Kirsten K Davison, Susan Redline, Elsie M Taveras> ;Sleep Medicine. 2022 Jun 1
Associations of Healthy Infant Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Adiposity in the Rise & SHINE Cohort.
Allison J Wu, Izzuddin M Aris, Marie-France Hivert, Lauren Fiechtner, Kirsten K Davison, Susan Redline, Elsie M Taveras> ;Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2022 Aug 1
3 citations
Stakeholder engagement in developing a father-inclusive early life obesity prevention intervention: First Heroes.
Santana R Silver, Rachel C Whooten, Gracia M Kwete, Haley Farrar-Muir, Rachel N Cournoyer, Elizabeth A Barth, Milton Kotelchuck, Elsie M Taveras> ;BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022 May 27
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Press Mentions

Legislation Addresses Root Causes of Health Disparities in the StateJanuary 24th, 2023
11 Leaders on Health Equity Initiatives Launched in the Last YearJuly 25th, 2022
Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals the Dangers Individual COVIDMay 23rd, 2022
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Grant Support

Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Early Life Risk Factors For Childhood ObesityNational Center On Minority Health And Health Disparities2009–2012
Sleep Duration, Childhood Energy Balance, And Insulin Resistance In AdolescenceNational Cancer Institute2011
Accelerating Adoption Of Childhood Obesity Comparative Effectiveness ResearchDepartment Of Health &Human Services2010

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
Fellow

Hospital Affiliations

Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts