Paul H. Wise,
Medical Progress and Inequalities in Child Health

Paul H. Wise, MD, MPH, is vice-chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities in the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and professor of pediatrics in the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Wise is director of social and health policy research in the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, and associate in medicine at the Children’s Hospital, Boston. Dr. Wise earned his AB and MD degrees from Cornell University, did his pediatric training at the Children’s Hospital in Boston, and received a master of public health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. His prior positions include director of Emergency and Primary Care Services at the Children’s Hospital, Boston, and director of the Harvard Institute for Reproductive and Child Health at Harvard Medical School. He also served as a special expert at the National Institutes of Health and special assistant to the U.S. Surgeon General. His research focuses on social disparities in child health status and child health policy.