Antoinette Laskey,
MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP
Chief, Division of Safe & Healthy Families

Languages Spoken: English
Dr. Laskey completed her medical degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine followed by her pediatric residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia Hospitals and Clinics. She completed a research and clinical fellowship and a master’s degree in public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Laskey is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine and the division chief of the Center for Safe and Healthy Families at Primary Children’s Hospital. She is the fellowship director of the Child Abuse Pediatrics fellowship at the University of Utah and the Medical Director of the Children’s Justice Centers of Utah. Dr. Laskey’s clinical interests relate to the evaluation and management of the potentially abused child and her research interests include cognitive errors in decision making related to child maltreatment.
Clinical Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Professor |
Academic Divisions | Child Protection and Family Health |
Board Certification | American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Child Abuse Pediatrics) |
Dr. Laskey completed her medical degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine followed by her pediatric residency at the University of Missouri-Columbia Hospitals and Clinics. She completed a research and clinical fellowship and a master’s degree in public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Laskey is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine and the division chief of the Center for Safe and Healthy Families at Primary Children’s Hospital. She is the fellowship director of the Child Abuse Pediatrics fellowship at the University of Utah and the Medical Director of the Children’s Justice Centers of Utah. Dr. Laskey’s clinical interests relate to the evaluation and management of the potentially abused child and her research interests include cognitive errors in decision making related to child maltreatment.
Academic Locations
Eccles Primary Children’s Outpatient Services Building
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Professor |
Academic Divisions | Child Protection and Family Health |
Board Certification | American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics) American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Child Abuse Pediatrics) |
Education History
Graduate Training | University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Business Administration M.B.A., 2015 |
Fellowship | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program Forensic Pediatrics Fellow, 2003 |
Graduate Training | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Care and Prevention M.P.H., 2003 |
Residency | University of Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics Pediatrics Resident, 2001 |
Professional Medical | University of Missouri-Columbia Medicine M.D., 1998 |
Undergraduate | University of Missouri-Columbia Psychology B.A., 1993 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Laskey A, Haney S, Northrop S, COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (2022). Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse by Health Care Professionals and in the Health Care Setting. Pediatrics, 150(3).
- Russell KW, Acker SN, Ignacio RC, Lofberg KM, Garvey EM, Chao SD, Bliss DW, Smith CA, Nehra D, Anderson ML, Bunnell BL, Shahi N, Perry JM, Evans LL, Kwong JZ, Tobias J, Rohan A, Pickett KL, Kaar JL, Kastenberg ZJ, Laskey AL, Scaife ER, Jensen AR (2021). Child physical abuse and COVID-19: Trends from nine pediatric trauma centers. J Pediatr Surg, 57(2), 297-301.
- Ruiz-Maldonado TM, Johnson KL, Sabo JL, Sheets LK, Laskey A (2021). Palm Bruising in Infants: A Recognizable Pattern of Abuse. J Emerg Med, 61(2), 198-204.
- Hicks RA, Laskey AL, Harris TL, Hibbard RA (2020). Consultations in Child Abuse Pediatrics. Clin Pediatr (Phila), 59(8), 809-815.
- Hymel KP, Lee G, Boos S, Karst WA, Sirotnak A, Haney SB, Laskey A, Wang M, Pediatric Brain Injury Research Network PediBIRN Investigators (2020). Estimating the Relevance of Historical Red Flags in the Diagnosis of Abusive Head Trauma. J Pediatr, 218, 178-183.e2.
- Lindberg DM, Wood JN, Campbell KA, Scribano PV, Laskey A, Leventhal JM, Pierce MC, Runyan DK (2017). Research priorities for a multi-center child abuse pediatrics network - CAPNET. Child Abuse Negl, 65, 152-157.