Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Susanna A. McColley, MD, FAAP, ATSF is a pediatric pulmonologist whose research focuses on improving the health of people with cystic fibrosis though understanding risk factors for accelerated disease progression, improving methods for CF newborn screening and diagnosis, describing health disparities, and testing new treatments. She has over 150 peer reviewed publications. She leads a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, community members and public health professionals dedicated to improving timeliness and equity of CF newborn screening. She is passionate about supporting the next generation of researchers, especially those underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce. She directs a postdoctoral training program and co-leads the Faculty Development Core for Northwestern University Recruitment to Transform Under-Representation and achieve Equity (NURTURE), the Northwestern University Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustaining Transformation program through the NIH Common Fund.
Dr. McColley is Scientific Director for Interdisciplinary Research Partnerships at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Professor of Pediatrics in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Director for Child Health and Director of the TL1 Multidisciplinary Program in Child and Adolescent Health at Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute; and Editor-in-Chief for Pediatric Pulmonology. Her research is funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and The Legacy of Angels Foundation. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology.
DG17--Bringing Health Equity Into the CF Clinic
Friday, November 3, 2023
7:15 AM – 9:15 AM MST
S27.5- Barriers to and solution for early and equitable CF diagnosis
Saturday, November 4, 2023
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM MST