Elizabeth A. Howell

Harrison McCrea Dickson, M.D. President’s Distinguished Professor

Additional Appointment Titles

• Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania Antiracism Committee, Member
• Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania Board of Directors, Member
• Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania Finance Committee, Member
• Clinical Scholars Program Advisory Board, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Member
• Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Senior Fellow
• Medical Board, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Member
• Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation Governing Board, Member
• Penn Medicine Cancer Service Line, Member
• Penn Medicine Women’s Health Service Line Executive Committee, Member
• Women’s Health Leadership Council Advisory Committee, Member
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Attending Physician
• Development Leadership Cabinet of the Penn Medicine Board, Member

Education

• B.S. (Biological Sciences)
  Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 1987.
• M.D.
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1993.
• MPP
  Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, 1993.

Post-Graduate Training

• Internship and Residency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, NY, 1993-1997.
• Chief Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, NY, 1996-1997.
• Fellow, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1997-1999.
• Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2019-2019.

Selected Publications

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, Mar 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, Jan-Feb 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, Mar 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, Jul 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, Feb 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, Mar 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, Mar 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, Nov 2020.