Emma Edmondson, MD, MSHP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, a primary care pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and a Clinical Diabetes Fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). She is a faculty member in the Division of General Pediatrics, PolicyLab, and the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at CHOP. Dr. Edmondson’s research centers on the prevention and management of nutrition-related chronic diseases across the lifespan. Areas of focus include improving the transition from pediatric to adult care for young adults with youth-onset obesity, type 2 diabetes, and other cardio-metabolic diseases, and food policy reform.
Dr. Edmondson received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons before completing her residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the HUP and CHOP. She then completed Academic General Pediatrics Fellowship at CHOP, the Measey Medical Education Fellowship at HUP, and earned a Master’s of Science in Health Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
