Rate My Professor Lisa Chamberlain

Chamberlain’s research specializations include reducing pediatric health disparities, with a focus on non-clinical factors affecting access to care for children with chronic illnesses, health policy at the intersection of medicine and child health, and bridging pediatrics with early childhood education through “Kinder Ready Clinics” as Stanford’s Harman Faculty Scholar. She founded the Stanford Pediatric Advocacy Track (StAT), a nationally replicated curriculum now required nationwide for pediatric training in addressing child poverty via community and policy work, and co-founded the California Collaborative in 2007, which trains over 800 pediatricians yearly and is modeled in eight other states. Her health services research informed Title V reform in California, enhancing care access for medically complex children. Key publications encompass “Childhood Poverty and Its Effect on Health and Well-Being: Enhancing Training for Learners Across the Medical Education Continuum” (Academic Pediatrics, 2016), “Determinants of Health and Pediatric Primary Care Practices” (Pediatrics, 2016), “Eating disorder care via telehealth: access and quality of care among adolescents and young adults, 2018-2022” (Eating Disorders, 2025), and “Equitable research is better research: let's invest in doing it right” (Pediatric Research, 2025). Among numerous honors, she was elected to the American Pediatric Society (2020), selected for the National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader Forum (2019), received the inaugural Stanford Department of Pediatrics Child Advocacy Award (2018), American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award for Distinguished Service (2014), and two of Stanford’s highest teaching awards, including the Golden Apple Award (2004-2005). Chamberlain has delivered frequent public lectures, including the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies George Armstrong Lecture, and holds roles on the AAP Child Health Financing Committee, Zero to Three Board of Advisors, and as Co-Chair of the American Pediatric Society Advocacy Committee.