Genevieve G. Guyol, MD MAT

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Genevieve (Gen) Guyol MD, MAT received her undergraduate degree in History and Spanish from Middlebury College and her doctorate from Boston University Avedisian & Chobanian School of Medicine. Between college and medical school, she taught early elementary special education on the South Side of Chicago as a Teach for America corps member. She earned a Masters in Teaching Special Education from National Louis University. She completed her pediatrics residency in the Leadership in Equity and Advocacy Track (formerly Urban Health and Advocacy Track) of the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital. She completed a clinical fellowship in neonatology at the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Training Program and a research fellowship in Pediatric Health Services Research at Boston Medical Center.

Her research focuses on inequities in academic outcomes among children born preterm. She is interested in the potential of interventions promoting early relational health to improve school readiness among children born preterm. She is currently conducting a mixed-methods project to investigate determinants of early relational health after NICU discharge among low-income families with children born preterm. Her work has been funded by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, the Academic Pediatric Association, and the Doris Duke Foundation.

Dr. Guyol's career goal is to improve health and educational equity for children born preterm. As a neonatologist and former teacher, she is passionate about collaboration between medicine and education to improve long-term outcomes for vulnerable children.

Publications

  • Published 5/1/2025

    Patel S, Zain-Ul-Abideen M, Guyol G, Rodan LH, Genetti CA, Ren AZ, Connors P, Davenport P, Bartolome R, Sahai I, Ganesh VS, Wojcik MH. Lethal neonatal acidosis: Multiomic investigation of a novel HIBCH variant as the underlying cause. Mol Genet Metab Rep. 2025 Jun; 43:101223. PMID: 40959693.

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  • Published 3/5/2025

    Guyol GG, Cordova-Ramos EG, Elansary M, Heeren TC, Litt JS, Parker MG. Child, Parent, and Contextual Correlates of School Readiness Among Children With Low Birth Weight. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Aug; 25(6):102808. PMID: 40054685.

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  • Published 3/27/2024

    Guyol GG, Javier JR. Centering pediatric research, advocacy, and clinical care around early relational health. Pediatr Res. 2024 Jun; 95(7):1672-1674. PMID: 38538782.

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  • Published 9/30/2023

    Fraiman YS, Guyol G, Acevedo-Garcia D, Beck AF, Burris H, Coker TR, Tiemeier H. A Narrative Review of the Association between Prematurity and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Accompanying Inequities across the Life-Course. Children (Basel). 2023 Sep 30; 10(10). PMID: 37892300.

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  • Published 1/1/2023

    Guyol GG, Chen F, Boynton-Jarrett R. Early Education and Development. Neighborhood Context and Parent Perspectives on Practical Considerations Related to Preschool Location. 2023; 34(3):725-741.

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Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • National Louis University, MAT
  • Middlebury College, BA

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