PolicyLab

Danielle Erkoboni is a faculty member at PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a general pediatrician at CHOP Pediatric Primary Care Norristown. Dr. Erkoboni leads efforts to promote early literacy and relational health through parent-child interaction in an increasingly digital age. Much of her work focuses on initiatives that support these interactions through talking, singing, reading, and playing in the pediatric primary care office. She currently serves as the principal investigator of the Literacy Lab and the Associate Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Pennsylvania. Through this work and other diverse research initiatives, Dr. Erkoboni has partnered with multiple community-based organizations and stakeholders, including the Institute for Child Success, Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network (PLLAN), the Free Library of Philadelphia, Reach Out and Read, Inc., and Read by 4th (Philadelphia’s grade-level reading campaign). 

Dr. Erkoboni completed her undergraduate medical education at Chicago Medical School, pediatric residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, and academic fellowship in the National Clinician Scholar Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a Master's in Health Policy and Research. Dr. Erkoboni is the co-chair of LitNet, Reach Out and Read’s National Research Network, and participates on many local and national committees, including leadership roles in the Pennsylvania American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Early Childhood Committee, Read by 4th’s Leadership Council, and the Council on Early Childhood (COEC) of the AAP. At home, she is a mother to two girls, and her favorite children’s book is “Click Clack Moo” by Doreen Cronin.