Academic Partner

Vivek Ashok

I am a general pediatrician and internist. My work involves investigating gun violence prevention policies and lethal means counseling. I am a postdoctoral research fellow and started my research career in June 2023, however, I have been deeply involved in community...

Kalyn Hardy-Bannister

My work involves helping young women with sexual health and I have been doing this work for 4 years. I am interested in community-academic partnerships to address the issue of mental health and HIV awareness among young women. The ideal partner for me and my...

Tan’Nette Grandberry

I would love to help develop and mentor young adults in the working world to help prepare them in career advancement.

Elizabeth Kravitz

Hello! I am an obstetrics and gynecology resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with an interest in perinatal health, specifically the impact of DHS/CPS and family separation on the maternal-neonatal dyad as a result of the urine drug testing and...

Rachel Myers

I am a public health researcher, interested understanding how to best support recovery after violence for young people and their families and improving our ability to show that community-based violence prevention programs work to improve health and well-being. I have...

Dolores Albarracin

Dolores Albarracín studies the impact of communication and persuasion on human behavior and the formation of beliefs, attitudes, and goals, particularly those that are socially beneficial. In addition to an interest in basic attitudinal processes, she is interested in...

Richard Wender

I Chair the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in the Medical School and serve as Executive Director of the Penn Center for Public Health - formally called the Center for Public Health Initiatives. Our Department has been leading community vaccination...

Onome Osokpo

My research examines the individual, cultural, social, and structural factors that affect self-care behaviors and access to and use of health care services in the U.S. In the three years, I have worked with leaders of the African diaspora community and immigrants...

Amanda Swain

I am a family medicine physician with a specific interest in behavioral sleep medicine. In my clinical practice at Penn Family Care I offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) but I am interested in seeing how this information about sleep health more...