Christopher B Forrest, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor, Wharton School of Business
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Applied Clinical Research Center
2716 South Street- 11th Floor, Room 11473
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Applied Clinical Research Center
2716 South Street- 11th Floor, Room 11473
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 267-426-6917
Lab: forrestc@chop.edu
Lab: forrestc@chop.edu
Email:
forrestc@email.chop.edu
forrestc@email.chop.edu
Education:
BA (Biology)
Boston University, 1982.
MD (Medicine)
Boston University, 1986.
PhD (Health Policy and Management)
Johns Hopkins University, 1995.
Permanent linkBA (Biology)
Boston University, 1982.
MD (Medicine)
Boston University, 1986.
PhD (Health Policy and Management)
Johns Hopkins University, 1995.
Selected Publications
Denburg MR, Goodwin Davies AJ, Maltenfort MG, Mitsnefes MM, Flynn JT, Neu AM, Dixon BP, Glenn DA, Gluck CA, Harshman LA, Katsoufis CP, Leonard MB, Modi ZJ, Pan CG, Patel HP, Patterson LT, Verghese PS, Wilson AC, Jovanovska A, Levondosky R, Levondosky M, Dickinson K, Wieand K, Razzaghi H, Li L, Chen Y, Forrest CB; PRESERVE consortium.: Comparative Effectiveness of Antihypertensive Medications in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Pediatr 180: 546-555, May 2026.Dorey A. Glenn, Morgan Botdorf, Andrea Allen, Kimberley Dickinson, Kaleigh Wieand, Amy Goodwin Davies, Victoria Besser, Bradley P. Dixon, Caroline Gluck, John Hammond, Lyndsay Harshman, Mahmoud Kallash, Chryso Katsoufis, Sara Kibrom, Alexander Kula, Mark Mitsnefes, Yosuke Miyashita, Zubin Modi, Larry Patterson, Michelle R. Denburg, Christopher B. Forrest, Jarcy Zee: Blood Pressure Control in Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk of Kidney Failure in Young Adulthood. Kidney Medicine. Elsevier, May 2026 Notes: In Press, Journal Pre-proof.
Razzaghi H, Wieand K, Dickinson KL, Kahn MG, Roy J, Blacketer C, Christakis DA, Forrest CB, Greenberg J, Lehmann HP, Marsolo KA, Sciolla J, Weiner MG, Weiskopf NG, Bailey LC.: Beyond Missingness: Systematizing Methods for Comprehensive Data Fitness Assessment in Clinical Research. J Med Internet Res 28: e76398, Apr 2026.
Atkinson MA, Chang JC, Davies AG, Maltenfort M, Luna IY, Scobell R, Mitsnefes M, Stotter BR, Dharnidharka VR, Dixon BP, Flynn JT, Gluck C, Kallash M, Smoyer WE, Razzaghi H, Bailey LC, Furth SL, Forrest CB, Denburg MR, Wenderfer SE.: Using a multi-institutional pediatric learning health system to characterize induction therapy for incident lupus nephritis in children. Pediatr Nephrol 41(4): 1045-1053, Apr 2026 Notes: Multicenter Study.
Dharnidharka VR, Moudgil A, Verghese PS, Tal L, Scobell RR, Kallash M, Davies AJG, Marchesani N, Maltenfort MG, Kelton M, Bock M, Blanchette E, Stone HK, Gluck C, Hullekes F, Riella LV, Smoyer WE, Mitsnefes M, Dixon BP, Flynn JT, Somers MJG, Forrest CB, Furth S, Denburg MR.: Contemporary Treatment Responses of Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis or Steroid Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome in Children after Kidney Transplantation: Phase 2 of a Multicenter Electronic Health Record Data Analysis. Res Sq Apr 2026.
Forrest CB, Jeste SS, Shah SK.: NIH-Funded Pediatric Research. JAMA Pediatr Apr 2026.
Lei Y, Zhou T, Zhang B, Zhang D, Tang H, Chen J, Wu Q, Li L, Bailey LC, Becich MJ, Blecker S, Christakis DA, Fort D, Herring SJ, Hwang W, Khalsa AS, Kim S, Liebovitz DM, Mosa ASM, Rao S, Sengupta S, Song X, Tedla YG, Jhaveri R, Mangarelli C, Forrest CB, Chen Y; RECOVER Consortium.: Post-Acute Dyslipidemia and Abnormal Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents with COVID-19: A Cohort Study from the RECOVER Initiative. J Pediatr. Elsevier, 291: 114996, Apr 2026.
Lei Y, Chen J, Wu Q, Zhou T, Zhang B, Becich MJ, Bisyuk Y, Blecker S, Chrischilles EA, Christakis DA, Cowell LG, Cummins MR, Fernandez SA, Fort D, Gonzalez SL, Herring SJ, Horne BD, Horowitz C, Liu M, Kim S, Mirhaji P, Mosa ASM, Muszynski JA, Paules CI, Sato AI, Schwenk HT, Sengupta S, Suresh S, Taylor BW, Williams DA, He Y, Morris JS, Jhaveri R, Forrest CB, Chen Y; RECOVER Consortium.: Target Trial Emulation of Vaccine Effectiveness in 5- to 17-years-olds with Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Nat Commun Apr 2026 Notes: Online ahead of print.
Zhou T, Zhang B, Zhang D, Jhaveri R, Chen J, Becich MJ, Castro L, Chen Y, Chilukuri N, Herring SJ, Lei Y, Li L, Lu Y, Hornig M, Khalsa AS, Liebovitz D, Mosa ASM, Taylor BW, Tedla YG, Thodeson D, Tong J, Wu Q, Forrest CB, Chen Y.: Pre-COVID-19 body mass index and post-acute cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and neuropsychiatric outcomes among children and young adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection: An EHR-based cohort study from the RECOVER Initiative. J Infect. Elsevier, 92(3): 106702, Mar 2026.
Zhang B, Wu Q, Jhaveri R, Forrest CB, Chen Y.: Methodological considerations in the attribution of long COVID to first or second infection - Authors' reply. Lancet Infect Dis 26(3): e141, Mar 2026.