Our Team
Executive Committee
Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN
Center Co-Director & Training Core Director
Associate Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MA
Center Co-Director & Outreach Core Director
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Therese Richmond, PhD, RN, FAAN
Research Core Director
Andrea B. Laporte Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Sara Solomon, MPH RD
Deputy Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Staff
Bernadette Hohl, PhD
Senior Research Investigator
Penn Injury Science Center and Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Andrew Belfiglio, MPH
Communications & Operations Manager
Denise Johnson, MSW
Program Manager
Penn Community Violence Prevention & Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program
Andre Martin Ali
Outreach Worker / Violence Interrupter
Penn Community Violence Prevention
Khalif Mujahid Ali
Outreach Worker / Violence Interrupter
Penn Community Violence Prevention
Elijah Tadlock
Outreach Worker / Violence Interrupter
Penn Community Violence Prevention
Senior Scholars
Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Injury Prevention, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Millan AbiNader, LMSW, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Practice & Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Co-Scientific Director and Director of Engineering
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
Professor and R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD
Assistant Professor of Informatics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania
Marta Bruce, PhD, RN
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation
Neurointensive Care Unit, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Daniel Corwin, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending Physician
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Allison Curry, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scientist and Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mucio "Kit" Delgado, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
George Demiris, PhD, FACMI
PIK (Penn Integrates Knowledge) University Professor
Department of Biobehavioral and Health Sciences, School of Nursing & Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Joel Fein, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Youth Violence Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Erick Guerra, PhD
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning
Department of City and Regional Planning, Penn School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing
School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Bernadette Hohl, PhD
Senior Research Investigator
Penn Injury Science Center and Philadelphia Department of Public Health
John Holmes, PhD, FACE, FACMI
Professor of Medical Informatics in Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing, Calvin Bland Fellow
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Gabriela Khazanov, PhD
Research Psychologist, Center of Excellence for Substance Addiction Treatment and Education (CESATE) at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Research Associate, Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Austin Kilaru, MD
Michelle Kondo, PhD
Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM
Vice Chair of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity and David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Director of Acute Care Implementation Research, Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Samir Mehta, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
David Metzger, PhD
Research Professor and Director
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Myers, PhD, MS
Research Scientist, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hopsital of Philadelphia
Research Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Michael Nance, MD, FACS, FAAP
Templeton Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Elizabeth Nesoff, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Chidinma Nwakanma, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Penn Prebyterian Emerency Department and Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Desmond Upton Patton, PhD, MSW
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor
Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor
School of Social Policy & Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Director, SAFELab
Zaffer Qasim, MD, FRCEM, EDIC
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Vincent Reina, PhD
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning
Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania
Dan Romer, PhD
Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Andrea Schneider, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Eugenia South, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rebecca Waller, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
International Scholars
David Humphreys, PhD
Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University
Jooyoung Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
Michelle Degli Esposti, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Leigh Ann DiFusco, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC
Katie Hunzinger, PhD
Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH
Emily Perkins, PhD
Trainees
Helena Addison, MSN, RN
Joanelle Bailey, MD
Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng, MPH
Bernadette D'Alonzo, MPH
Mallory Lacy, BSN, RN
Past Trainees
Elena Andreyeva, PhD
Abby Bretzin, PhD, ATC
James Byrne, MD, PhD
Edouard Coupet, MD
Alison Culyba, MD, PhD, MPH
Beidi Dong, PhD
Eileen French, PhD, RN
Jason Gravel, PhD
Seunghoon Han, PhD
Trina Kumodzi, PhD, RN, CCRN
Christopher Morrison, PhD
Roland Neil, PhD, MPH
Aimee Palumbo, PhD, MPH
Ben Ukert, PhD
Laura Vargas, PhD
Shari Wiley, PhD
Alexis Zebrowski, PhD, MPH
External Advisory Board
Charles Branas, PhD
Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
Brendan Carr, MD, MS
Associate Dean, Healthcare Delivery Innovation
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Joyce Dantzler, MS, MCHES
Chief, Injury & Sexual Assault Prevention
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Core State IVP Regional Network Leader
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH
Professor & Chairman of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)
Director, MCW Comprehensive Injury Research Center
Jeffrey Hom, MD, MPH
Policy Advisor
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Daniel Holena, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)
David Humphreys, PhD
Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University
Internal Advisory Board
Joel Fein, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Youth Violence Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
John MacDonald, PhD
Patrick Reilly, MD
Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD
Community Action Board
Nicole Thomas, MBA
Chair, Community Action Board
Director, Urban Health Lab
Tyrique Glasgow
Founder
Young Chances Foundation
Keyerra Charles, MPH, CHES
Director of Health Promotion
Center in the Park
Marcella Nyachogo, LSW
Assistant Director, Bilingual Domestic Violence Program
Lutheran Settlement House
Sam Margolius, LCSW, MSNPL
Therapist
Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia
Dean’s Advisory Group
Steven Fluharty, PhD
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN