Robert Sege, MD, PHD, FAAP

Robert Sege, MD, PhD, FAAP

(he/him/his)

Director
HOPE National Resource Center

Biography

Robert Sege, MD, PhD, FAAP, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Tufts University School of Medicine, is the Director of the HOPE National Resource Center located within the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine at Tufts Medicine and is the Co-Director of the Community and Stakeholder Engagement program at the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy, a national, nonprofit public policy, research and technical assistance organization. Dr. Sege is a board-certified general and child abuse pediatrician for over 20 years, leading pediatric primary care at the Tufts Children’s Hospital (formerly Floating Hospital for Children) and Boston Medical Center.

Dr. Sege is nationally known for his research on effective health systems approaches that directly address the social determinants of health. His academic work incorporates community engagement at all stages of design, implementation, dissemination, and improvement. At the HOPE National Resource Center, he has led numerous publications that includes research on the prevalence of positive childhood experiences (PCEs) among adults (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), corporal punishment (Pediatric Reports) amd child physical abuse (JAMA Pediatrics) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and addressing health equity in clinical translational research (Journal of Clinical and Translational Science).

Dr. Sege frequently presents keynote addresses on the HOPE framework and the science of PCEs at national and international conferences, recently The Picower Institute Spring 2023 Symposium, 2024 Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health, and PAS (Pediatric Academic Societies) 2024. He serves on the board of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust and served for many years on the Board of Prevent Child Abuse America and on American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect and Committe on Injury, Violence, and Poisoning Prevention.

In recognition of his work identifying the importance of PCEs, Dr. Sege received the 2022 Richard D. Krugman award presented by the National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN) and the 2019 Ray E. Helfer award from the Alliance of Children’s Trusts and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Sege holds a MD degree from Harvard Medical School, a PhD degree in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a BS degree in biology from Yale University. He is an avid swimmer and lives in the Boston area where he and his wife have raised three adult children.

Other Positions

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Tufts University School of Medicine

Co-Director
Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Senior Fellow
Center for the Study of Social Policy

Board Member
Massachusetts Children’s Trust

Education and Training

Pediatrics Internship and Residency
Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

PhD, Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

BS, Biology
Yale University, New Haven, CT