our team
Executive Committee
Executive Committee

Douglas Wiebe, PhD
Center Director
Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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

Catherine C. McDonald, PhD, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania

Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MA
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine 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
Internal Advisory Board

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

Risa Lavisso-Mourey, MD, MBA
Penn Integrating Knowledge Professor
Pereleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania

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

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

Benjamin Sun, MD, MPP
Professor and Chair
Emergency Medicine, Pereleman School of Medicine at 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

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
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David Humphreys, PhD
Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation
Department of Social Policy and Intervention Oxford University
external Advisory Board
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

Steven J. Fluharty, PhD
Dean
School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Dean
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Antonia M.Villarruel, PhD, RN
Dean
Penn Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Scholars

Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the 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

Mary Regina Boland, MA, MPhil, PhD
Assistant Professor of Informatics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania

Daniel Corwin, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending Physician
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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

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

Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE
Professor of Pediatrics
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Chief Scientific Officer
Nationwide Children's Hospital

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

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

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

Bernadette Hohl, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health at Rutgers University

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

Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania

Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
ivision of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine

Michelle Kondo, PhD
Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Meghan Brooks Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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 S. Metzger, PhD
Research Professor and Director
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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

Elizabeth D. Nesoff, PhD MPH
Instructor of Epidemiology
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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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

Dan Romer, PhD
Director of the Adolescent Communication Institute
Annenberg Public Policy Center 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

Eugenia Catarina South, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Ken Steif, PhD
MUSA Program Director and Lecturer
Penn School of Design

Rebecca Waller, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
International Scholars

Michelle Degli Esposti, PhD
Associate Professor of Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University
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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
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Penn Injury Science Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Austin Kilaru, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
National Clinician Scholars Program at University of Pennsylvania

Trina Kumodzi, PhD, RN, CCRN
FACTS Postdoctoral Fellow
Vice-Provost Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.

Laura Vargas, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences

Helena Addison, MSN, RN
PhD Student
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

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

Bernadette D'Alonzo, MPH
Doctoral Trainee in Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania

James Byrne, MD, PhD
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery
Pisc Trainees
Past Trainees

Elena Andreyeva, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Penn Injury Science Center, Pereleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Edouard Coupet, MD
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

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
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Jason Gravel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University

Seunghoon Han, PhD