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Kevin E. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

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Bio

Kevin E. Nelson M.D., Ph.D. is a Hospitalist Fellow whose current research interests include secondhand smoke exposure related child health outcomes and asthma care process model development and implementation. During his residency training at the University of Utah, he founded Pediatricians Against Secondhand Smoke (PASS) and developed the PASS Initiative, a mentored outpatient quality improvement initiative to improve secondhand smoke screening and intervention for children seen in outpatient clinics in the Salt Lake area. In his final year of residency training, Dr. Nelson was awarded the Anne E. Dyson Child Advocacy Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Rising Star in Public Health Award from the Utah Public Health Association.

Dr. Nelson received his undergraduate education at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his M.D., Ph.D. from the University of Illinois-Chicago, College of Medicine in Urbana-Champaign. His doctoral research in biochemistry focused on DNA-based biosensors for toxic metals. During his residency training as President of PASS, his tobacco control research and advocacy work led to funding to make the research and advocacy efforts of PASS sustainable. He has been the Principle Investigator or a Co-investigator on grants from the AAP, American Medical Association, and Salt Lake Valley Health Department.

He currently serves on the Faculty Expert Panel for the AAP Richmond Center of Excellence, a national organization whose mission is to decrease child tobacco use and exposure. Dr. Nelson also serves as Vice Chair of the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Utah and as a member of the Utah Alliance for Tobacco Free Living, Fourth Street Homeless Clinic Advocacy and Policy Committee, and University of Utah Graduate Medical Education Committee.

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics - Visiting Instructor
Academic Divisions Pediatric Inpatient Medicine
Board Certification American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)