Publications
A recent study led by Kit Delgado and Anish Agarwal explores whether providing opioid disposal kits at discharge improves safe medication disposal. The study found that patients given a kit were 10.6% more likely to dispose of unused opioids, suggesting a simple,...
Jose Reyes, MD is a current National Research Service Award Research Fellow and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Reyes’s research focuses on improving and expanding care for pregnant...
I am a general internist and health equity researcher committed to improving the quality of care and health outcomes of racial and ethnic minorities. My research program pursues two overarching goals. First, I explore dynamic processes that produce racial health...
Publications
A new study led by Rachel French examines the potential for integrating an overdose prevention site (OPS) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). Through interviews with 28 stakeholders—including clinicians, hospital leadership, and people who use...
I am a medical anthropologist and qualitative social scientist, and am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Family and Community Health in the School of Nursing. I hold a bachelor’s in Anthropology from Princeton University, and...
Awards
Kit Delgado has been honored with a 2024 City & State Pennsylvania Impact Award. Dr. Delgado, an emergency physician and epidemiologist, leads innovative efforts to improve public health, including reducing distracted driving, promoting secure firearm storage,...
From Coursera and Johns Hopkins University (Instructor: Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH) While prescription opioids serve an invaluable role for the treatment of cancer pain and pain at the end of life, their overuse for acute and chronic non-cancer pain as well as the...
Dr. Ashley Z. Ritter is an Assistant Professor at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College of The City University of New York. She is a nurse practitioner and translational research scientist with experience in clinical, academic, and community-based...
The path to recovery for individuals who survive gunshots and other forms of severe violence is often marred by PTSD, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, and substance use disorders. Cassis’s work seeks to elucidate the influence of spirituality on different...
