our team
Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MA
Center Co-Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Catherine C. McDonald, PhD, RN
Center Co-Director
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Therese S. Richmond, PhD, FAAN, CRNP
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
Senior Scholars
Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH
Assistant 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
Bernadette Hohl, PhD
Senior Research Investigator
Penn Injury Science Center / Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Dan Romer, PhD
Director of the Adolescent Communication Institute
Annenberg Public Policy Center at the 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
David S. Metzger, PhD
Research Professor and Director
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE
Professor of Pediatrics
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Chief Scientific Officer
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP
Resident in Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center
Erick Guerra, PhD
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning
Department of City and Regional Planning, Penn School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania
Eugenia Catarina South, MD, MSPH
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 Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director
Youth Violence Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
John H. 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
Ken Steif, PhD
MUSA Program Director and Lecturer
Penn School of Design
Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Co-Scientific Director
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
Director of Engineering
The R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital of 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
Megan Rybarczyk, MD, MPH, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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
Perelman School of Medicine
Michael Nance, MD
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
Michelle Kondo, PhD
Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mucio "Kit" Delgado, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Nancy A. Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Anthony Buividas Endowed Term Chair in Gerontology
Associate Professor of Nursing
Department of Gerontology, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Rebecca Waller, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth D. Nesoff, PhD MPH
Instructor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Chidinma Nwakanma, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Samir Mehta, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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
Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Vincent Reina, PhD
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning
Department of City and Regional Planning, Penn School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania
Andrea Schneider, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, Division of Neurocritical Care
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Carrie Sims, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania And The Presbyterian Medical Center Of Philadelphia
International Scholars
Michelle Degli Esposti, PhD
Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University
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
PISC Postdoctoral Fellows
Abby Bretzin, PhD, ATC
Penn Injury Science Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Austin Kilaru, MD
National Clinician Scholars Program at University of Pennsylvania
Katie Hunzinger, PhD, ACSM-CEP, CPT
Penn Injury Science Center
Laura Vargas, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences
Roland Neil, PhD, MPH
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Trina Kumodzi, PhD, RN, CCRN
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.
Kevin Rix, PhD, MPH
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Bernadette D'Alonzo, MPH
Doctoral Trainee in Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania
Joanelle Bailey, MD
Surgical Critical Care/Acute Care Surgery Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Helena Addison, MSN, RN
PhD Student
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Augustine Cassis Obeng Boateng, MPH
BSN-PhD, MBE Candidate
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
James Byrne, MD, PhD
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery
Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC
National Clinician Scholars Program Fellow
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Eileen M French, PhD, RN
PhD graduate
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Mallory Lacy, BSN, RN
PhD Student
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Pisc Trainees
Past Trainees
Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC
National Clinician Scholars Program Fellow
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Aimee Palumbo, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
College of Public Health, Temple University
Alexis M. Zebrowski, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Alison Culyba, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Beidi Dong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
George Mason University
Ben Ukert, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Penn Injury Science Center, Pereleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Cristopher Morrison, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
Edouard Coupet, MD
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Elena Andreyeva, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Penn Injury Science Center, Pereleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Jason Gravel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University
Michelle Kondo, PhD
Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Seunghoon Han, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska
Shari Wiley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, School of Science at Hampton University
external Advisory Board
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Institute for Prevention Research, University of Southern California
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 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 N. Holena, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Internal Advisory Board
Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP
Professor and Chair
Emergency Medicine, Pereleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Joel Fein, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director
Youth Violence Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
John MacDonald, PhD
Professor of Criminology and Sociology
Department of Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania
Penny and Robert A. Fox Faculty Director
Fels Institute of Government, The University of Pennsylvania
Patrick Reilly, MD
C. William Schwab Professor and Chief
Division Of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care And Emergency Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD
Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management, Wharton School
Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Executive Director
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Risa Lavisso-Mourey, MD, MBA
Penn Integrating Knowledge Professor
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Susan Sorenson, PhD
Professor of Social Policy
Department of Social Policy, School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania
Director
Ortner Center on Violence and Abuse in Relationships
Community Action Board
Nicole Thomas, MBA
Chair, Community Action Board
Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center
Arnett Woodall
Founder, A & W Community Solutions
Dennis Buroughs
Community Leader, Promise Zone Research Connection
Kiasha Huling, MSW
Director, UC Green
Marcella Nyachogo, LSW
Assistant Director, Bilingual Domestic Violence Program
Terry Guerra
Co-Chair, Community Action Board
Dean's Advisory Group
Antonia M.Villarruel, PhD, RN
Dean
Penn Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Dean
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Steven J. Fluharty, PhD
Dean
School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania
past Trainees
STAFF
Bernadette Hohl, PhD
Penn Injury Science Center / Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Senior Research Investigator
Andrew Belfiglio, MPH
Penn Injury Science Center
Project Manager
