Katherine R. Standish, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Biography
Dr. Katherine Standish completed her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Latin American Studies at Wesleyan University and her medical degree at Yale School of Medicine. After college Katherine worked in community-based public health research, studying harm reduction efforts among injection drug users, first in New York City at the New York Academy of Medicine and then in Tijuana, Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar. She then moved to Nicaragua, where she managed pediatric dengue studies at the Sustainable Sciences Institute. Back in her hometown of New Haven for medical school, she served as director of the student-run HAVEN Free Clinic, which provides primary care in a mostly immigrant neighborhood. While at Yale, she helped design a community health orientation to the city of New Haven for incoming medical students, and participated in redesigning the public health and cultural competency components of the medical school curriculum. Katherine is particularly interested in maternal-child health, lactation, immigrant health, and the ethical dimensions of global health and community health endeavors.
Publications
- Published on 6/3/2023
Morrison TM, Standish KR, Wanar A, Crowell L, Safon CB, Colvin BN, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Wachman EM, Colson ER, Drainoni ML, Parker MG. Drivers of decision-making regarding infant sleep practices among mothers with opioid use disorder. J Perinatol. 2023 Jul; 43(7):923-929. PMID: 37270538.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/6/2023
Wanar A, Morrison TM, Standish KR, Colson ER, Drainoni ML, Colvin BN, Safon CB, Crowell L, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Parker MG. Understanding cigarette smoking among mothers with opioid use disorder. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2023 Jul; 150:209065. PMID: 37156425.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/28/2023
Standish KR, Morrison TM, Wanar A, Crowell L, Safon CB, Colson E, Drainoni ML, Colvin BN, Friedman H, Schiff DM, Stulac S, Costello E, Parker M. Breastfeeding Decision-Making Among Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Study. Breastfeed Med. 2023 May; 18(5):347-355. PMID: 37115582.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/12/2021
Standish KR, Parker MG. Social Determinants of Breastfeeding in the United States. Clin Ther. 2022 02; 44(2):186-192. PMID: 34906370.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2021
Standish KR, Gonzalez SC, Roy V, McGuire CM, Barnett KG, Saper RB. Resident Outcomes and Perspectives Over 2 Years of a New Scholarship Curriculum. Fam Med. 2021 Jun; 53(6):461-466. PMID: 34077966.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/1/2021
Standish K, McDaniel K, Ahmed S, Allen NH, Sircar S, Mira M, Khoshnood K. U.S. trainees' experiences of ethical challenges during research in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed methods study. Glob Public Health. 2022 Jul; 17(7):1433-1449. PMID: 34061716.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/26/2017
Cherniak W, Latham E, Astle B, Anguyo G, Beaunoir T, Buenaventura J, DeCamp M, Diaz K, Eichbaum Q, Hedimbi M, Myser C, Nwobu C, Standish K, Evert J. Visiting Trainees in Global Settings: Host and Partner Perspectives on Desirable Competencies. Ann Glob Health. 2017 Mar - Apr; 83(2):359-368. PMID: 28619413.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/6/2012
Biswas HH, Ortega O, Gordon A, Standish K, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Early clinical features of dengue virus infection in nicaraguan children: a longitudinal analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012; 6(3):e1562. PMID: 22413033.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/8/2011
Gutierrez G, Standish K, Narvaez F, Perez MA, Saborio S, Elizondo D, Ortega O, Nuñez A, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Unusual dengue virus 3 epidemic in Nicaragua, 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 Nov; 5(11):e1394. PMID: 22087347.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2010
Reyes M, Mercado JC, Standish K, Matute JC, Ortega O, Moraga B, Avilés W, Henn MR, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Harris E. Index cluster study of dengue virus infection in Nicaragua. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep; 83(3):683-9. PMID: 20810839.
Read at: PubMed
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