Biography
I am interested in the management of hospitalized children, in particular children with complex medical problems who may require multiple specialties, long stays, frequent hospitalizations, and close coordination with other care providers.
Professional Background
Dr. Wilson was at the University of Rochester for all of her training and as a junior faculty member. In 2012, she left to serve as the Section Head for Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s Hospital Colorado, and then as the Debra and Leon Black Professor and Division Chief of General Pediatrics and Vice-Chair for Clinical and Translational Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In 2021, she returned to the University of Rochester to continue her research and to lead research efforts in the Department and the Medical School. She is the Chair of the AAP’s Tobacco Consortium. In addition, Dr. Wilson is the Chair of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network Executive Council, and is the incoming Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics’ Pediatric Hospital Medicine Sub-board. She is also an Associate Editor for Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics, and the Deputy Editor of Hospital Pediatrics.
Clinically, Dr. Wilson is board certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, and she cares for children hospitalized with general pediatric conditions, children with medical complexity, and children with diagnostic uncertainty
Research
Dr. Wilson has more than 20 years of experience researching the impact of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure on children, tobacco smoke exposure in multi-unit housing, and how to help parents quit smoking. More recently, she has developed a research program in secondhand marijuana smoke exposure, and has called attention to concerns over children’s exposure with increased legalization. Dr. Wilson been funded by the National Cancer Institute to study an inpatient parent smoking cessation intervention, and to develop inpatient tobacco use screening and referral tools. She has worked closely with other pediatricians and policy makers to translate her research into public policy, especially in the area of tobacco smoke incursions in multi-unit housing. Dr. Wilson is also committed to supporting the next generation of researchers through mentorship and coaching.
Awards
2019
Outstanding Researcher Award, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting
2019
Mount Sinai Children's Foundation Board Honoree
2015
American Pediatric Society
2010
Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
2010
Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
2009 - 2013
National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, September
2008
AAP SOHM Pediatric Hospital Medicine Abstract Research Award
2004
Robert J. Haggerty Prize in Pediatrics
2003
Speaker, White Coat Ceremony
2001
Gilbert B. Forbes Prize in Pediatrics
1990
Cum Laude
Location: St. Lawrence University
1990
Psi Chi
Sponsor: National Psychology Honorary
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Publications
Journal Articles
7/27/2023
Li L, Yang C, Zhan S, Wilson KM, Taioli E, Mazumdar M, Liu B. "Longitudinal Assessment of Association Between Tobacco Use and Tobacco Dependence Among Adults: Latent Class Analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study Waves 1-4." Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.. 2023 Jul 27; Epub 2023 Jul 27.
4/20/2023
Desai AD, Tolpadi A, Parast L, Esporas M, Britto MT, Gidengil C, Wilson K, Bardach NS, Basco WT, Brittan MS, Johnson DP, Wood KE, Yung S, Dawley E, Fiore D, Gregoire L, Hodo LN, Leggett B, Piazza K, Sartori LF, Weber DE, Mangione-Smith R. "Improving the Quality of Written Discharge Instructions: A Multisite Collaborative Project." Pediatrics.. 2023 Apr 20; Epub 2023 Apr 20.
2023
Li Y, Eliaho C, Liu B, Wilson K. "Comfort levels in discussing tobacco smoking among hospital staff in a children's hospital." Tobacco prevention & cessation.. 2023 9:18. Epub 2023 Jun 01.
Books & Chapters
2006
Chapter Title: Signs
Book Title: Body Language: Poems of the Medical Training Experience
Author List: In Jain N, Coppock D, Brown Clark S, Wilson KM
Published By: BOA Editions 2006 in Rochester, NY
2002
Chapter Title: Shaking the tree of knowledge for forbidden fruit: Where
adolescents learn about sexuality and contraception.
Book Title: Sexual Teens, Sexual Media
Author List: Sutton MJ, Brown JD, Wilson KM, Klein JD
Published By: Brown, Steele, Walsh-Childers, Eds. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2002 in Mahwah NJ
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