Associate Dean for Health Equity
Chief Diversity Officer
Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Contact Information
Patient Care Related:Biosketch
Dr. Cheryl Dickson is an Associate Dean for the Health Equity and Community Affairs Department in the Office the Dean. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. She is employed by Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. She is Board Certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She is a graduate of Brown University with a BA in Human Biology (with Honors) in 1976. She earned her MD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School in 1980. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics also at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School and Children's Hospital of New Jersey in 1983. She went on to do her Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School and Children's Hospital of New Jersey in 1984.
-
Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
-
Education and Training
- Fellowship 1984, Adolescent Medicine, New Jersey Medical School and Children's Hospital of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Residency 1983, Pediatrics, New Jersey Medical School and Children's Hospital of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- MD 1980, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- BA 1976, Human Biology, Brown University
-
Publications
Dickson C.A., Ergun-Longmire B., Greydanus D.E., Eke R., Giedeman B., Nickson N.M., Hoang L.N., Adabanya U., Payares D.V.P., Chahin S., McCrary J., White K., Moon J.H., Haitova N., Deleon J., Apple R.W. Health equity in pediatrics: Current concepts for the care of children in the 21st century (Dis Mon) Disease-a-Month. 2024;70
Gates K., Chahin S., Damashek A., Dickson C., Lubwama G., Lenz D., Bautista T., Kothari C. The Relation of Maternal Psychosocial Risk Factors to Infant Safe Sleep Practices Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2024
Greydanus D.E., Dickson C.A., Rowland D.C. Chronic disease and the dying adolescent Chronic Disease and Disability: The Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract, Second Edition. Overview with Perspectives of History, Nutrition and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2023:269-282.
Greydanus D.E., Ergun-Longmire B., Cabral M.D., Patel D.R., Dickson C.A. Psychosocial aspects of sports medicine in pediatric athletes: Current concepts in the 21<sup>st</sup> century Disease-a-Month. 2023;69
Chahin S., Apple R.W., Dickson C. Helping Physicians Collaborate with Psychologists Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2022;69:819-823.
Chahin S., Damashek A., Ospina F., Dickson C. Evaluation of a Safe Sleep Training for Home Visitors and Their Clients Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2022;29:477-488.
Greydanus D.E., Dickson C.A., Omar H.A. Pediatric and adolescent sexuality: An overview Behavioral Pediatrics II: Neuropsychiatry, Sexuality and Eating Disorders. Fifth Edition. 2022:83-134.
Apple R.W., Dickson C.A., Cabral M.D.I. Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Practice Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021;68:xvii-xviii.
Dickson C., D'Mello R. Sudden unexpected death: Sids and un-safe-sleep practices Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:77-85.
Dickson C., Ramsay J., VandeBurgh J. Barriers for Ethnic Minorities and Low Socioeconomic Status Pediatric Patients for Behavioral Health Services and Benefits of an Integrated Behavioral Health Model Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2021;68:651-658.
Greydanus D.E., Azmeh R., Cabral M.D., Dickson C.A., Patel D.R. Acne in the first three decades of life: An update of a disorder with profound implications for all decades of life Disease-a-Month. 2021;67
Greydanus D.E., Dickson C., Kanungo S., Merrick J. Introduction: From lilith to shiphrah and puah-and beyond: What have we learned about caring for the newborn in the past 300 millennia? Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:xxix-xlvii.
Greydanus D.E., Dickson C.A., Merrick J. Palliative care: Cloaking the newborn from suffering Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:213-223.
Greydanus D.E., Dickson C.A., Omar H.A., Vu C.T. Pediatric and adolescent sexuality: An overview Pediatric and Adolescent Sexuality and Gynecology: Principles for the Primary Care Clinician, Second Edition. 2021:3-62.
Greydanus D.E., Kanungo S., Dickson C., Merrick J. Caring for the newborn: A comprehensive guide for the clinician. second edition Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Second Edition. 2021:1-517.
Azmeh R., Greydanus D.E., Agana M.G., Dickson C.A., Patel D.R., Ischander M.M., Lloyd R.D. Update in Pediatric Asthma: Selected Issues Disease-a-Month. 2020;66
Chahin S.S., Apple R.W., Kuo K.H., Dickson C.A. Autism spectrum disorder: psychological and functional assessment, and behavioral treatment approaches Translational Pediatrics. 2020;9:S66-S75.
Dickson C., Saad S., Tesar J. Imperforate hymen with hematocolpos Annals of Emergency Medicine. 1985;14(5):467-469.
-
Presentations
- Does gender play a role in HCV and cancer screening among the unhoused?. Al-Assil T, Kalina C, Laird M, Dawood N, Riordan R, Kumar NS, Olivier R, Shebrain S, Dickson C, Munene G, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Resident Perspectives and Practices Regarding Pediatric Weight Management. Turpin S, Singh S, Miller E, Dickson C, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- CHIG Screenings as an Educational Tool in Pre-Clinical Curriculum. Al-Assil T, Kalina C, Shammout A, Dickson C, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Data Visualization Software as a Process Improvement in Student-Led Screenings. Shammout A, Al-Assil T, Kalina C, Dickson C, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Comparison of Pre-Hospital ROSC Rates for Manual-Only vs Mechanical-Assisted CPR Using the LUCAS-2: A Retrospective Study. Szymanski R, Mastenbrook J, Vos D, Le K, Slagell R, Dickson C, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Geographic Access to Pediatric Care and Preventable ED Visits for Children Living in High Risk Neighborhoods. Kothari C, Baker K, Dickson C, Baxter J, Long W, Kaur A, Donkor D, Bolliet M, Rhodes K, Bautista T, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Role of Psychosocial Risk Factors in Mothers' Engagement in Safe Sleep Practices. Chahin S, Gates K, Damashek A, Dickson C, Lenz D, Lubwama G, Bautista T, Kothari C, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- The Importance of Targeted Interventions During the Deployment of the Spanish MyChart. Singhal S, Lynch A, Dickson C, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Mothers' reported knowledge of, practices, and barriers to engaging in infant safe sleep. Damashek A, Dickson C, Lenz D, Lubwama G, Baustista T, Kothari C, 37th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2019