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...
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...
Dr. Daniel Semenza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice (Primary) and the Department of Urban-Global Public Health in the School of Public Health (Secondary) at Rutgers University. He is the Director of...
The work of Gina South, Nicole Thomas, and colleagues is featured on the cover story of the fall/winter 2024 issue of Penn Medicine magazine. In transformative efforts to address structural drivers of health disparities, the work highlights the link between...
Dave Humphreys, led a study estimating the growth of the U.S. civilian firearm stock, projecting an increase from 378 million firearms in 2022 to 565 million by 2034 under current trends. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, highlights how modest increases in...
Gabriela Khazanov, a research psychologist with the Philadelphia VA and the University of Pennsylvania, co-authored a groundbreaking study on the impact of collaborative care in primary care settings. The research, featured in Healthcare Innovation, highlights...
Local police officers and other external law enforcement officers are ubiquitous in emergency departments (EDs) across the country. But the job of law enforcement to protect public safety can sometimes conflict with clinicians’ dedication to patient care while putting...
Terry Richmond and Jo Richardson were part of a virtual seminar of top experts convened by the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard David Institute of Health Economics (LDI) and co-sponsored by the Penn Injury Science Center, discussing the rising public health crisis...
Dr. Vivek Ashok, a postdoctoral fellow part of the National Clinical Scholars Program, has been active in press conferences, op-eds, committee hearings, and webinars regarding the impacts of gun violence and the ways to improve gun safety and public safety through...
Dr. Laura Vargas, past trainee and postdoctoral fellow at the Penn Injury Science Center, was one of nine speakers invited to partake in the White House Roundtable on Addressing Gun Violence in Latino Communities on October 11, 2024. It is the first meeting of its...
