Brief Bio

I am a psychologist with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a faculty member here at the Penn MPH Program. I also serve as the Senior Consultant for Learning and Community Impact at The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation. In my role, I provide training and consultation to build capacity in community-based organizations and city and state agencies to strengthen organizational effectiveness and ensure a greater impact on social, economic, health, and educational conditions in communities, including the effects of racism, intergenerational poverty, and trauma. I’m also the Senior Policy Associate at The Evidence-Based Policy Institute, Baker Center for Children and Families.

As the former Special Advisor to the Commissioner at the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, I contributed to the formulation of high priority programmatic initiatives and policy across the behavioral health system. I’m also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine. I am committed to improving the health status of communities by strengthening the effectiveness of health and social service systems, with a focus on how neighborhood factors contribute to health.