Robert Sege

Dr. Robert Sege is nationally known for his research on effective health systems approaches that directly address the needs of children, who are the poorest and most diverse segment of the US population. His academic work incorporates community engagement at all stages of design, implementation, dissemination, and improvement. He is also the Director of the Boston Medical Center Child Protection Team, where he focuses on a new and positive model for raising healthy children and preventing violence, bullying, abuse, and neglect.

Dr. Sege directs the development and dissemination of "HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences," an early childhood development framework that has led to changes in care in many settings across the country. He co-directs the community and stakeholder engagement component of the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute and is a professor of medicine and pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine, as well as a professor of pediatrics at Boston University. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington, serves on the board of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust, and has served on the boards of Prevent Child Abuse America and the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committees on Child Abuse and Neglect and Injury, Violence, and Poisoning Prevention.

He is a graduate of Yale College, and received his PhD in biology from MIT and his MD from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sege led the development of the "Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure" program and authored the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2012 policy statement on "Firearm-Related Injuries Affecting the Pediatric Population." He received the American Academy of Pediatrics' 2008 Fellow Achievement Award for his work on youth violence prevention and regularly speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as joyful parenting and violence prevention. His insights have been featured in national media outlets including The New York Times and NPR.