Penn Medicine Provider
Elizabeth A. Howell, MD, MPP
She/Her/Hers
About me
- Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine
- Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania
- Harrison McCrea Dickson, M.D. President's Distinguished Professor
- Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Education and training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital
My Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000
- American Gynecologic Obstetrical Society, National
- Co-Chair, National Quality Forum Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Committee, National
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Local
- Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National
- Fellow, American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, National
- Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine, Local
- March of Dimes Center for Social Science Research Advisory Council, National
- March of Dimes Innovation Fund Medical & Scientific Committee, National
- March of Dimes National Medical & Scientific Advisory Committee, National
- Member, Every Mother Counts, National
- Member, HHS Office of Minority Health Think Culture Health Work Group, National
- Member, New York Obstetrical Society, Local
- National Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania, National
- Reviewer, Study Section, NCMHD Research Center Grant Applications (P20) for RFA-MD-06-003, National
- Reviewer, Study Section, NIMHD’s Loan Repayment Program Applications, National
- Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes (SPIP) Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, National
- Vermont Oxford Network Equity Advisory Board, National
Treatments and Conditions
My research
Janevic T, Glazer KB, Vieira L, Weber E, Stone J, Stern T, Bianco A, Wagner B, Dolan SM, Howell EA Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Very Preterm Birth and Preterm Birth Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. , JAMA Network Open., 1;4(3):e211816: 2021
Wang E, Glazer KB, Sofaer S, Balbierz A, Howell EA Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Qualitative Study of Women's Experiences of Peripartum Care. , Women's Health Issues, 31(1):75-81: 2021
Glazer KB, Sofaer S, Balbierz A, Wang E, Howell, EA Perinatal Care Experiences among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Mothers Whose Infants Required a NICU Stay. , J Perinatol, 41(3):413-421: 2021
Howell EA, Balbierz A, Beane S, Kumar R, Wang T, Fei K, Ahmed Z, Pagán JA Timely Postpartum Visits for Low Income Women: A Health System and Medicaid Payer Partnership. , Am J Public Health, 110(S2):S215-S218: 2020
Howell EA, Egorova NN, Janevic T, Brodman M, Balbierz A, Zeitlin J, Hebert PL Race and Ethnicity, Medical Insurance, and Within-Hospital Severe Maternal Morbidity Disparities. Editors’ Picks. , Obstet Gynecol., 135(2):285-293: 2020
Howell EA, Janevic T, Egorova NN, Balbierz A, Hebert PL, Zeitlin J Differences in Morbidity and Mortality Rates in Black, White, and Hispanic Very Preterm Infants Among New York City Hospitals. , JAMA Pediatr, 172(3):269-277: 2018
Fox AM, Himmelstein G, Khalid H, Howell EA Funding for Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Education and Adolescent Reproductive Health Outcomes across the States. , Am J Public Health, 109(3):497-504: 2019
Fox AM, Feng W, Zeitlin J, Howell EA Trends in State Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment Rules, and Benefits. , Health Affairs (Millwood), 39(11):1909-1916: 2020