Ty Triston Dickerson
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Ty Triston Dickerson, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-3645
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  • 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 -Professor (Clinical)
    Family & Preventive Medicine -Adjunct Professor
    Academic Divisions Public Health
    Hospital Medicine

    Education history

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

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Crookston BT, Penny ME, Alder SC, Dickerson TT, Merrill RM, Stanford JB, Porucznik CA, Dearden K (2010). Children who recover from early stunting and children who are not stunted demonstrate similar levels of cognition. The Journal of nutrition, 140(11), 1996-2001. (Read full publication)
    2. Dickerson T, Crookston B, Simonsen SE, Sheng X, Samen A, Nkoy (2010). Pregnancy and Village Outreach Tibet: a descriptive report of a community- and home-based maternal-newborn outreach program in rural Tibet. The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing, 24(2), 113-27. (Read full publication)
    3. Long KN, Long PM, Pinto S, Crookston BT, Gren LH, Mihalopoulos NL, Dickerson TT, Alder S (2013). Development and validation of the Indian Adolescent Health Questionnaire. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 59(3), 231-42. (Read full publication)
    4. Krakowiak-Redd D, Ansong D, Otupiri E, Tran S, Klanderud D, Boakye I, Dickerson T, Crookston (2011). Family planning in a sub-district near Kumasi, Ghana: side effect fears, unintended pregnancies and misuse of a medication as emergency contraception. African journal of reproductive health, 15(3), 121-32. (Read full publication)
    5. Williams EA, Keenan KE, Ansong D, Simpson LM, Boakye I, Boaheng JM, Awuah D, Nkyi CA, Arhin B, Dickerson T (2013). The Burden and Correlates of Hypertension in Rural Ghana: A Cross-sectional Study. Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews, 7(2), 123-128.
    6. Willardson SL, Dickerson TT, Wilson JS, Ansong D, Bueler E, Boakye I, Marfo J, Arhin B, Alder S (2013). Forming a supplement intervention using a multi-theoretical behavior model. American journal of health behavior, 37(6), 831-40. (Read full publication)
    7. Dickerson T, Fernandez D, Tophyal, Samen A, Gelek, Nyima, Pelto G, Craig S, Dye (2008). From Butter Tea to Pepsi: A Rapid Appraisal of Food Preferences, Procurement Sources, and Dietary Diversity in a Contemporary Tibetan Township. Ecology of food and nutrition, 47(3), 229-2253.
    8. 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 (2010). Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children. Malaria journal, 9, 39. (Read full publication)
    9. Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Alder SC, Porucznik CA, Stanford JB, Merrill RM, Dickerson TT, Penny M (2011). Impact of early and concurrent stunting on cognition. Maternal & child nutrition, 7(4), 397-409. (Read full publication)
    10. 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 (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 publication)
    11. Manortey S, VanDerslice J, Alder S, Henry KA, Crookston B, Dickerson T, Benson (2014). Spatial Analysis of Factors Associated with Household Subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme in Rural Ghana. Journal of public health in Africa, 5(1), 353. (Read full publication)
    12. Manortey S, Alder S, Crookston B, Dickerson T, VanDerslice J, Benson (2014). Social Deterministic Factors to Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Context of Rural Ghanaian Setting. Journal of public health in Africa, 5(1), 352. (Read full publication)
    13. Manortey S, Carey A, Ansong D, Harvey R, Good B, Boaheng J, Crookston B, Dickerson (2011). Verbal autopsy: an analysis of the common causes of childhood death in the Barekese sub-district of Ghana. Journal of public health in Africa, 2(2), e18. (Read full publication)
    14. 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. Journal of hypertension, 3(3),
    15. D Ansong, D Tawfik, E Williams, S Benson, I Nyanor, I Boakye, C Obirikorang, L Sallah, B Arhin, J Boaheng, E Amuzu, O Asibey,T Dickerso (2014). Suboptimal vaccination rates in rural Ghana despite positive caregiver attitudes towards vaccination. Journal of vaccines & immunization, 2(2), 7-15.
    16. Pucillo, EM, O'Bryan, EC, Huish, MB, Tate, Q, Dickerson, T (2018). Global health and disability: a review and call to action for all rehabilitation professions.
    17. 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.

    Review

    1. Nelson JR, Ess RH, Dickerson TT, Gren LH, Benson LS, Manortey SO, Alder S (2022). Strategies to increase rural maternal utilization of skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review. Global health action, 15(1), 2058170. (Read full publication)