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
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
Chidinma Nwakanma, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
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
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
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
Laura Vargas, PhD
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
Jason Gravel, PhD
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University
Seunghoon Han, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska
Bernadette Hohl, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health at Rutgers University
Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Michelle Kondo, PhD
Research Scientist
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Trina Kumodzi, PhD, RN, CCRN
FACTS Postdoctoral Fellow
Vice-Provost Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences.
Cristopher Morrison, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
Aimee Palumbo, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
College of Public Health, Temple University
Ben Ukert, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Penn Injury Science Center, Pereleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Shari Wiley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, School of Science at Hampton University
Alexis M. Zebrowski, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
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
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 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
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
past Trainees
STAFF
Vicky Tam, MA
vtam@pennmedicine.upenn.edu | 215.746.3242
Senior Spatial Analyst
Vicky Tam, MA is a senior spatial analyst with the Cartographic Modeling Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about working at the intersection of GIS, public health, and education. She has over fifteen years of progressive professional experience leveraging Esri enterprise mapping and software platforms as part of geospatial research support. Vicky received her masters degree in Environmental Policy and Analysis, focusing on sustainable development from Boston University.
Julia Orchinik, MPH, MS
julia.orchinik@pennmedicine.upenn.edu | 215.746.4271
Research Coordinator
Julia Orchinik is a research coordinator for the Penn Injury Science Center. In her role, she helps manage concussion projects. Julia completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at Penn State and has master’s degrees in Teaching, Biomedical Science, and Public Health. In her free time, Julia enjoys cooking, eating at new restaurants, and partaking in friendly competitions.
Omar Koroma
omar.koroma@pennmedicine.upenn.edu | 215.746.4238
Research Administrative Coordinator
Omar Koroma is a research administrative coordinator at the Penn Injury Science Center. His duties include working on a school violence project. At the center, he also fulfills duties around center communications, events, and operations. He has obtained a bachelor’s of science from Loyola University Maryland in Interdisciplinary Studies in Biology and Sociology. He has interest in epidemiological research and plans to pursue an MPH next. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring Philadelphia’s restaurant scene, live music, running, and board games with friends.
Hannah Wang
Communications Work Study
An undergraduate student in the M&T program at the University of Pennsylvania, Hannah Wang is the Communications Work Study student for the Penn Injury Science Center. In her role she is responsible for website and Twitter upkeep, as well as the design of PISC materials.