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Daniel P. Hall Riggins, MD, MPH

Board-Certified General Pediatrician

Employment

Primary Care Pediatrician

Eskenazi Medical Group

Indianapolis, IN

Current - 2024

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Public Health Informatics

Regenstrief Institute

Indianapolis, IN

2024 - 2023

  • Full-time research position working on projects related to maternal child health

Preventive Medicine Fellow

Cook County Health

Chicago, IL

2023 - 2021

  • Maintained a weekly half-day clinic performing pediatric primary care
  • Also worked 70 hours in a clinic performing preventive care for refugee children

General Pediatrics Resident

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

2021 - 2018

  • Received full-scope training in primary care, general inpatient, emergency department, newborn nursery, NICU, and PICU

ORISE Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

Food and Drug Administration

Bethesda, MD

2014 - 2012

  • Worked as research assistant in bacterial genetics laboratory

Education

Master of Public Health

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

2023 - 2021

Medical Doctorate

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY

2018 - 2014

Bachelor of Arts in Molecular Biology

Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

2012 - 2008

Certifications

Notecraft for Physician Builders

Epic Systems

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2024

Board-Certified in General Pediatrics

The American Board of Pediatrics

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2023

Honors and Awards

First Place Oral Presentation for Institutional Research Day

Cook County Health

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2022

Distinction in Research in Clinical Investigation

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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2018

Student Scholarship

Academic & Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health

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2016

David E. Rogers Student Fellowship Award

New York Academy of Medicine

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2015

Jeffrey Schulman Memorial Scholarship

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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2014

Robert Bowen Brown Jr. Prize for Excellence in Biological Research

Kenyon College

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2012

Journal Publications

Using Social Vulnerability Indices to Predict Priority Areas for Prevention of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death in Cook County, IL: Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

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2024

A Statewide System for Pregnant People-Infant Linked Longitudinal Surveillance: Indiana’s Model for Improving Maternal and Child Health

International Journal of Population Data Science

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2024

  • Inderstrodt, J., Riggins, D.P., Greenwell, A., Price, J.P., Williams, J.L., Bezy, E., Forkner, A., Bowman, E., Miller, S.D., Schleyer, T.K.L., Grannis, S.J., Dixon, B.E.
  • DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i2.2395

Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum Exploits Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Components in a Novel Polymicrobial Defense Strategy

mBio

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2019

  • Hardy, B.L., Dickey, S.W., Plaut, R.D., Riggins, D.P., Stibitz, S., Otto, M., Merrell, D.S.
  • DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02491-18

Staphylococcus aureus Epicutaneous Exposure Drives Skin Inflammation via IL-36-Mediated T Cell Responses

Cell Host & Microbe

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2017

  • Liu, H., Archer, N.K., Dillen, C.A., Wang, Y., Ashbaugh, A.G., Ortines, R.V., Kao, T., Lee, S.K., Cai, S.S., Miller, R.J., Marchitto, M.C., Zhang, E., Riggins, D.P., Plaut, R.D., Stibitz, S., Geha, R.S., Miller, L.S.
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.10.006

Recent incarceration and buprenorphine maintenance treatment outcomes among human immunodeficiency virus–positive patients

Substance Abuse

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2017

Escherichia coli K-12 Survives Anaerobic Exposure at pH 2 without RpoS, Gad, or Hydrogenases, but Shows Sensitivity to Autoclaved Broth Products

PLoS ONE

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2013

Hydrogenase-3 Contributes to Anaerobic Acid Resistance of Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

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2010

Manuscripts

Estimating the Effects of Continuous Albuterol Dosage on Clinical Outcomes for Pediatric Critical Asthma Exacerbation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Submitted to Pediatric Pulmonology

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2024

Selected Presentations

Linking Maternal and Child Health Data to Enhance Public Health Surveillance in Indiana

International Population Data Linkage Network Conference

Chicago, IL

2024

  • Riggins, D.P., Inderstrodt, J., Price, J., Grannis, S.J., Schleyer, T., Crago, J., O’Brien, S., Dixon, B.E.

The relationship between incarceration and retention in opioid maintenance treatment (slides)

9th Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health

Baltimore, MD

2016

  • Riggins, D.P., Fox, A.D.

pH Regulation Differs Under Low Oxygen Conditions in E. Coli (poster)

112th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology

San Francisco, CA

2012

  • Riggins, D.P., Martinez, K, Slonczewski, J.L.

Selected Projects

Research Impact of Regenstrief Data Repositories

Regenstrief Institute

Indianapolis, IN

Current - 2023

  • Mentor: Brian Dixon
  • Description: Led literature review assessing all research utilizing data derived from the institute’s electronic health record repositories like the Indiana Network for Patient Care
  • Output: Preliminary internal report, currently in data collection phase

Longitudinal Health Surveillance of Mother-Infant Pairs

Regenstrief Institute

Indianapolis, IN

Current - 2023

  • Mentor: Brian Dixon
  • Description: Provided pediatric expertise to the Indiana team collaborating with the CDC on electronic health surveillance for Mother-Infant pairs affected by opioid use, stillbirth, or syphilis
  • Output: None, currently in early implementation phase

Mapping and Predicting Sudden Infant Death

Cook County Health

Chicago, IL

2023 - 2021

  • Mentor: Bill Trick
  • Description: Developing models of the geographic distribution of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome-related deaths in Cook County, IL
  • Output: Manuscript under review; Oral presentations to Cook County Health, Chicago Dept of Public Health, and Northwestern University

Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

Cook County Department of Public Health

Chicago, IL

2023 - 2022

  • Mentor: Kelley Bemis
  • Description: Modeling early warning for surges in COVID-19 hospitalization from viral particle burden in local wastewater samples
  • Output: Poster presentation for MPH thesis and internal reports

Recovery Home Coordinated Capacity Project

Cook County Health

Chicago, IL

2022 - 2021

  • Mentor: Juleigh Nowinski-Konchak
  • Description: Acted as interim program manager for an intervention using navigators and capacity management software to improve the experience for clients seeking placement at substance use recovery homes
  • Output: Abstract submitted to 54th ASAM Annual Conference

Evaluation of the RISE Center

Cook County Health

Oak Park, IL

2022 - 2021

  • Mentor: Keiki Hinami
  • Description: Generated descriptive statistics and an analysis of healthcare utilization for patients at CCH’s medical respite center serving people experiencing homelessness
  • Output: White paper

Grant Review for “Building Healthy Communities”

Cook County Department of Public Health

Chicago, IL

2022

  • Supervisor: Jennifer Brothers
  • Description: Reviewed and scored grant applications from community-based organizations for funding to support positive youth development
  • Output: Internal score forms, my three top-scoring reviews all received funding of $250k - $1M

Incarceration and Buprenorphine Therapy

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY

2016 - 2015

  • Mentor: Aaron D. Fox, M.D.
  • Description: Analyzed how recent incarceration affected outcomes of buprenorphine replacement therapy for a cohort of patients receiving integrated treatment for HIV and opioid use disorder
  • Outputs: Two presentations, first authorship on journal publication, and research award from my medical school

Selected Extracurriculars

Reviewer

Fetal/Infant Mortality Review Team

Indianapolis, IN

Current - 2023

  • Collaboratively review cases of fetal/infant death, validate case abstraction data, and formulate recommendations for health system improvement

Committee Member

Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative

Indianapolis, IN

Current - 2024

  • Advise on an initiative to form statewide data system for tracking developmental screening

Committee Member

Indiana State Public Health Data Advisory Committee

Indianapolis, IN

Current - 2024

  • Advise on data systems related to infant and maternal mortality

Volunteer

VOICES

Indianapolis, IN

2022 - 2020

  • Chaperoned systems-involved youth on a college visit
  • Mentored youth leadership fellows on an advocacy project regarding housing/homelessness

Clinical Volunteer

Einstein Community Health Outreach Clinic

Bronx, NY

2018 - 2014

  • Completed 15 clinical sessions at Einstein’s student-run free clinic for uninsured/undocumented patients
  • During clinical years (3-4), provided primary care encounters for patients, ran back-of-house operations like laboratory/consult follow-up, and coordinated clinical flow
  • During pre-clinical years (1-2), performed chart review for information on quality measures as well as initial patient intake and triage

Board Member

Einstein Social Medicine Lecture Series

Bronx, NY

2016 - 2014

  • Coordinated lectures delivered by invited speakers on the following topics: healthcare for refugees, ethics of lethal injection, correctional health, and social implications of antimicrobial resistance

Board Member

Health Education Outreach Program

Bethesda, MD

2014 - 2012

  • Personally taught 10 health lessons at homeless shelters in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C.
  • As board member, helped with recruiting, training, and development of organization web site
  • As head teacher, coordinated scheduling, wrote/edited content, and assigned responsibilities for a group of 5 teachers

Personal Interests

Bicycling

For my commute, recreationally, and as an avenue for advocacy

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Citizen Science

Like the iNaturalist project

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Gardening

I have a rain garden that serves as pollinator habitat

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Mapping

Especially with the free OpenStreetMap project

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Open Source

Especially projects in the R language

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