Ty Triston Dickerson

Ty Triston Dickerson, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City
801-662-3645

  • Ty Dickerson, MD, MPH, FAAP is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of Utah School of Medicine where he also serves as the Assistant Dean of Global Health Education. He practices as a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah where he combines the clinical care of hospitalized children with the education of medical students and resident physicians. Dr. Dickerson’s interests include community-based maternal & child health in resource-poor settings. He has authored or co-authored 15 peer-reviewed research articles and many abstracts related to global maternal and child health and has worked as a program manager to develop and implement a community-based maternal & newborn health outreach program in rural Tibet. In addition to teaching clinical medicine, Dr. Dickerson directs the Graduate Certificate in Global Medicine, co-directs the Ghana Global Health Learning Abroad Program and lectures frequently on clinical pediatrics and global health in a variety of settings.

    Specialties

  • Ty Dickerson, MD, MPH, FAAP is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of Utah School of Medicine where he also serves as the Assistant Dean of Global Health Education. He practices as a pediatric hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah where he combines the clinical care of hospitalized children with the education of medical students and resident physicians. Dr. Dickerson’s interests include community-based maternal & child health in resource-poor settings. He has authored or co-authored 15 peer-reviewed research articles and many abstracts related to global maternal and child health and has worked as a program manager to develop and implement a community-based maternal & newborn health outreach program in rural Tibet. In addition to teaching clinical medicine, Dr. Dickerson directs the Graduate Certificate in Global Medicine, co-directs the Ghana Global Health Learning Abroad Program and lectures frequently on clinical pediatrics and global health in a variety of settings.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Family & Preventive Medicine -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Inpatient Medicine
    Public Health

    Education history

    Graduate Training Public Health - University of Rochester M.P.H.
    Pediatrics - SUNY, Upstate Medical University Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Iowa M.D.
    Biology - University of Iowa B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Laggis, C W, Secrest, A M, Agyei, M, Simister, S, Davis, A N, Dickerson, T, Rhoads, J L (2020). The Impact of Skin Disease on Quality of Life in Rural Communities of Ghana. 4(5), 417-423.
    2. Okyere B, Owusu-Ofori A, Ansong D, Buxton R, Benson S, Osei-Akoto A, Owiredu EW, Adjei C, Xorse Amuzu E, Marfo Boaheng J, Dickerson T (2020). Point prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and the comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and nested PCR for the diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana. PLoS One, 15(7), e0232874. (Read full article)
    3. Pucillo, EM, OBryan, EC, Huish, MB, Tate, Q, Dickerson, TT (2018). Global health and disability: a review and call to action for all rehabilitation professions.
    4. D Ansong, D Tawfik, E Williams, S Benson, I Nyanor, I Boakye, C Obirikorang, L Sallah, B Arhin, J Boaheng, E Amuzu, O AsibeyT Dickerson (2014). Suboptimal vaccination rates in rural Ghana despite positive caregiver attitudes towards vaccination. J Vaccines Immun, 2(2), 7-15.
    5. Manortey S, Alder S, Crookston B, Dickerson T, VanDerslice J, Benson S (2014). Social Deterministic Factors to Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Context of Rural Ghanaian Setting. J Public Health Afr, 5(1), 352. (Read full article)
    6. Williams E, Ansong D, Alder S, Benson S, Campbell S, MacDonald K, Miya T, Boakye I, Boaheng J, Amuzu E, Owusu O, Nyanor I, Arhin B, Dickerson T (2014). Silent Crisis: Epidemic Hypertension in Rural West Africa. J Hypertens (Los Angel), 3(3).
    7. Manortey S, VanDerslice J, Alder S, Henry KA, Crookston B, Dickerson T, Benson S (2014). Spatial Analysis of Factors Associated with Household Subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme in Rural Ghana. J Public Health Afr, 5(1), 353. (Read full article)
    8. Willardson SL, Dickerson TT, Wilson JS, Ansong D, Bueler E, Boakye I, Marfo J, Arhin B, Alder SC (2013). Forming a supplement intervention using a multi-theoretical behavior model. Am J Health Behav, 37(6), 831-40. (Read full article)
    9. Williams EA, Keenan KE, Ansong D, Simpson LM, Boakye I, Boaheng JM, Awuah D, Nkyi CA, Arhin B, Dickerson TT (2013). The Burden and Correlates of Hypertension in Rural Ghana: A Cross-sectional Study. Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 7(2), 123-128.
    10. Long KN, Long PM, Pinto S, Crookston BT, Gren LH, Mihalopoulos NL, Dickerson TT, Alder SC (2013). Development and validation of the Indian Adolescent Health Questionnaire. J Trop Pediatr, 59(3), 231-42. (Read full article)
    11. Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Alder SC, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Merrill RM, Dickerson TT, Penny ME (2010). Impact of early and concurrent stunting on cognition. Matern Child Nutr, 7(4), 397-409. (Read full article)
    12. Krakowiak-Redd D, Ansong D, Otupiri E, Tran S, Klanderud D, Boakye I, Dickerson T, Crookston B (2012). Family planning in a sub-district near Kumasi, Ghana: side effect fears, unintended pregnancies and misuse of a medication as emergency contraception. Afr J Reprod Health, 15(3), 121-32. (Read full article)
    13. Manortey S, Carey A, Ansong D, Harvey R, Good B, Boaheng J, Crookston B, Dickerson T (2011). Verbal autopsy: an analysis of the common causes of childhood death in the Barekese sub-district of Ghana. J Public Health Afr, 2(2), e18. (Read full article)
    14. Crookston BT, Penny ME, Alder SC, Dickerson TT, Merrill RM, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Dearden KA (2010). Children who recover from early stunting and children who are not stunted demonstrate similar levels of cognition. J Nutr, 140(11), 1996-2001. (Read full article)
    15. Dickerson T, Crookston B, Simonsen SE, Sheng X, Samen A, Nkoy F (2010). Pregnancy and Village Outreach Tibet: a descriptive report of a community- and home-based maternal-newborn outreach program in rural Tibet. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs, 24(2), 113-27. (Read full article)
    16. Crookston BT, Alder SC, Boakye I, Merrill RM, Amuasi JH, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Dickerson TT, Dearden KA, Hale DC, Sylverken J, Snow BS, Osei-Akoto A, Ansong D (2010). Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children. Malar J, 9, 39. (Read full article)
    17. Dickerson T, Fernandez D, Tophyal, Samen A, Gelek, Nyima, Pelto G, Craig S, Dye T (2008). From Butter Tea to Pepsi: A Rapid Appraisal of Food Preferences, Procurement Sources, and Dietary Diversity in a Contemporary Tibetan Township. Ecol Food Nutr, 47(3), 229-2253.

    Review

    1. Nelson JR, Ess RH, Dickerson TT, Gren LH, Benson LS, Manortey SO, Alder SC (2022). Strategies to increase rural maternal utilization of skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review. [Review]. Glob Health Action, 15(1), 2058170. (Read full article)

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