Carolyn C. Foster is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, and an attending physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in primary and complex care. As a primary investigator of the Foster Health Lab, she holds NIH, AHRQ, and Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health funding to improve the well-being of children with disabling chronic conditions while reducing healthcare-related stress for their families through family-partnered research, innovative healthcare design, and policy change. She directs Lurie Children's Stanley Manne Research Institute's Health at Home Initiative to catalyze innovation in pediatric healthcare delivered outside hospital walls by designing, developing, and evaluating novel digital tools and devices for care at home. She holds a BA from Columbia University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an MS from the University of Washington. She also completed intern training, Residency, and Fellowship at the University of Washington.