Our Team

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    Eugenia C. South, MD, MS

    Faculty Director, Center for Health Justice; Ralph Muller Presidential Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Vice President of Health Justice, Penn Medicine

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    Nicole A. Thomas, Ed.D, MBA

    Director, Center for Health Justice

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    Utsha Khatri, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Deputy Director CHJ

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  • A professional woman with dark curly hair, wearing a light blue button-up shirt and earrings, smiling against a plain white background.

    Larissa Morgan, MSN, RN

    Director of Health Justice Transformation

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  • Portrait of a young woman with light skin, long brown hair, blue eyes, and a septum piercing, wearing a black top and earrings, smiling mildly against a plain white background.

    Abby Dolan, MPH

    Associate Director

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    Hilena Addis, MHCI

    Research Program Manager

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  • A smiling man with dark curly hair and a beard, wearing a white shirt with a geometric pattern, standing against a plain white wall.

    Keven Cabrera, MD

    Research Fellow 2024- 2026; CHJ Faculty July 2026

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    Silvia Canelón, PhD

    Data Analyst

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    Rikley Costa Paixao

    Community Coordinator

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  • A woman with short, styled hair with highlights, smiling and wearing a green shirt, gold hoop earrings, and a gold necklace, standing against a plain gray background.

    Keturah Duncan

    Executive Assistant

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    Kehinde Oyekanmi, MPH

    Research & Transformation Project Manager

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  • A woman smiling with black, curly hair, wearing a dark floral blouse, standing against a plain light-colored wall.

    Janaiya Reason, MPH

    Community Engagement Manager

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  • A woman with long dark hair, glasses, and a white shirt sitting at a table with hands folded, smiling at the camera against a plain white background.

    Kanika Sachdeva, MIIPS, MBEM

    Transformation Manager

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    Evan Spencer, MS

    Research Project Manager

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  • Headshot of an Asian woman with short black hair, wearing glasses, a purple blouse, and a gold necklace, smiling.

    Sharon Tejada, MS

    Transformation Manager

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  • A woman with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a colorful patterned jacket with blue, orange, and yellow, smiling, sitting at a table with her hands resting on the surface, against a plain white background.

    Dianne Uwayo, MPH

    Community Engagement Coordinator

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  • A man wearing glasses and a blue checkered shirt smiling with his hands clasped on a white table against a plain white background.

    James Wright, MBA

    Project Manager for Strategy and Operations

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Our Academic Collaborators

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    Shoshana V. Aronowitz, PhD, MSHP

    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania

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    Courtney Boen, PhD

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Brown University

  • Charles Branas, PhD

    UHL Founder
    Professor and Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology, Columbia University

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    Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH

    Professor of Pediatrics, Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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    George Dalembert, MD, MSHP

    Associate Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

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    John MacDonald, PhD

    Professor of Criminology and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

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    Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MSHP

    Director of the Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Penn Medicine

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    Gregory Ridgeway, PhD

    Professor of Criminology, Statistics and Data Science, University of Pennsylvania

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    Max J. Nguemeni Tiako, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California Los Angeles

  • A woman with dark hair smiling, wearing a turquoise blouse and a black blazer, against a brownish gradient background.

    Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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    Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD

    Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab, Penn Medicine

OUR PARTNERS

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
OLIN
City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Philadelphia Fire Department
City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services
City of Philadelphia Managing Director's Office
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Habitat for Humanity of Philadelphia
Mantua Civic Association
Southwest CDC
Urban Tree Connection
Men of 52K
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Shepard Recreation Center
Christian Stronghold
A New Dawn Incorporated
ACHIEVEability
Belmont Alliance Civic Association, CDC
Belmont Charter Network
Boost CDC, Inc.
Boys' Latin of Philadelphia
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The Church of Christian Compassion
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ECS St. Barnabas Community Resource Center
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Global Thinking Initiatives Inc
Greener Partners
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The Men of Millcreek
Motivated
Neighborhood Land Project
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OUR FUNDERS

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Nature Sacred
Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Penn Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics
Penn Center for Mental Health
William Penn Foundation
Sixers Youth Foundation
American Heart Association