Our Team

Center Leadership

Center Co-Director & Training Core Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Professor and Chair
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Center Co-Director & Outreach Core Co-Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Special Advisor to Academic-City Partnerships
Penn Injury Science Center
Senior Research Investigator
Penn Injury Science Center & Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Communications Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Director of Communications & Data Analytics
Penn REACH Initiative

Executive Committee

Communications Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Director of Communications & Data Analytics
Penn REACH Initiative
Director
The Nudge Unit
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Special Advisor to Academic-City Partnerships
Penn Injury Science Center
Senior Research Investigator
Penn Injury Science Center & Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor and Calvin Bland Faculty Fellow
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Director
Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program
Assistant Professor
Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Center Co-Director & Training Core Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Professor and Chair
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Center Co-Director & Outreach Core Co-Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician
Penn Prebyterian Medical Center and Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Operations
School-Based Bullying and Social-Emotional Learning
Scholar
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor and Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
School of Social Policy & Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication
Director
SAFELab
Faculty Director
Center for Health Justice
Associate Vice President of Health Justice
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Director
Center for Health Justice
Co-Director
Penn Community Scholars Program and Penn REACH Initiative
Director of Research
School-Based Bullying and Social-Emotional Learning
Scholar
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention

Staff

Communications Director
Penn Injury Science Center
Director of Communications & Data Analytics
Penn REACH Initiative
Program Manager
Penn Community Violence Prevention
Program Manager
Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program
Outreach Worker / Violence Interrupter
Penn Community Violence Prevention
Outreach Worker / Violence Interrupter
Penn Community Violence Prevention

Senior Scholars

Senior Director of Health Systems and CVI Integration
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
Scientific Director
CHOP Center for Injury Research & Prevention
R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Scholar
CHOP Center for Injury Research & Prevention
Director
The Nudge Unit
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Mary Alice Bennett University Professor
Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention
Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor and Chair
Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania
Research Psychologist
Center of Excellence for Substance Addiction Treatment and Education at the Philadelphia VA
Research Associate
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Executive Director
Penn Implementation Science Center
David E. Longnecker Associate Professor
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Research Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director
CHOP Center for Injury Research & Prevention
Research Scholar
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention
Chief
Division of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director
Pediatric Trauma Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Operations
School-Based Bullying and Social-Emotional Learning
Scholar
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor and Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
School of Social Policy & Practice and the Annenberg School for Communication
Director
SAFELab
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor
Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Director of Interpersonal Violence Research
New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center
Director of Research
School-Based Bullying and Social-Emotional Learning
Scholar
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania

Postdoctoral Fellows

MindCORE Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Family and Community Health, Penn School of Nursing

Trainees

Fellow of the National Clinician Scholars Program
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Student
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
MindCORE Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania

Past Trainees

Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy & Management, Texas A&M School of Public Health
Research Investigator
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School
Assistant Professor
Department of Exercise Science, Thomas Jefferson University

External Advisory Board

Violence and Injury Prevention Program Manager
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Professor and Executive Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Director
University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
Professor
University of Michigan School of Public Health

Institutional Advisory Board

Senior Director of Health Systems and CVI Integration
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention
Scientific Director
CHOP Center for Injury Research & Prevention
R. Anderson Pew Distinguished Chair of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director
CHOP Center for Violence Prevention
Attending Physician
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Executive Director
Penn Implementation Science Center
David E. Longnecker Associate Professor
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
C. William Schwab Professor
Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Institutional Advisory Board Chair
Penn Injury Science Center
Andrea B. Laporte Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Department of Biobehavioral Health, School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania

Community Action Board

Program Director
Health Federation of Philadelphia
Division Operations Manager
Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services