Iris W. Borowsky, MD, PhD

Dr. Borowsky is Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health (DOGPAH), and Gisela and E. Paul Konopka Chair in Adolescent Health and Development at the University of Minnesota. As a general pediatrician, she enjoys caring for patients and their families and teaching future health care professionals at the Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC), a Federally Qualified Health Center serving the diverse community of South Minneapolis. She is passionate about CUHCC’s mission of transforming care and education to advance health equity and DOGPAH’s commitment to achieving health, justice, and positive development for all children, youth, and families through community-centered health care, research, education, and advocacy. Her research focuses on youth violence prevention, structural and contextual factors underlying health and health behaviors, and advancing health equity. Mentoring medical, graduate, undergraduate, and high school students, as well as residents, fellows, and junior faculty in multiple disciplines continues to be a career highlight.

• Gisela & E. Paul Konopka Endowed Chair in Adolescent Health and Development, University of Minnesota Medical School (2018)
• Alumni Achievement Award, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Department of Pediatrics (2017)
• Miller-Sarkin Mentoring Award, Academic Pediatric Association (2013)
• Women Changing the Face of Pediatrics Lectureship, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics (2012)
• Academic Pediatric Association Presidential Plenary Session Platform Presentations (2003, 2007)
• Jundt Research Award, U of MN, Minneapolis (2001)
• Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Award, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (1999-2003)

Social determinants of youth health and equity; Development of effective strategies to promote psychosocial health among children, youth, and families; Prevention of youth interpersonal and self-directed violence

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