Person Type: Core Faculty
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Stefanie Hinkle, PhD
Biography Stefanie N. Hinkle, PhD, is a nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where she serves in the Departments of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Hinkle leads two NICHD funded research studies on nutritional status of individuals in preconception and pregnancy and the impact…
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Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN
Biography Dr. Tewksbury’s work focuses on optimizing severe obesity treatment, including bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy. Her research has focused on assessing bariatric surgery processes, including preoperative optimization and weight bias in bariatric surgery. As a Registered Dietitian, she is passionate about food and nutrition’s role in weight management and advancing the field of dietetics.
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Nandita Mitra, PhD
Biography Nandita Mitra is Professor of Biostatistics at the Perelman School of Medicine and Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the co-director of the Penn Center for Causal Inference. She received her BA in Mathematics from Brown University, MA in Biostatistics from the University of…
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Senbagam Virudachalam, MD, MSHP
Biography Senbagam Virudachalam, MD, MSHP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and a general pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She is a faculty member at PolicyLab and Clinical Futures in the CHOP Research Institute and leads the Family and Community Health portfolio for PolicyLab. Dr. Virudachalam…
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Emma Edmondson, MD, MSHP
Biography Emma Edmondson, MD, MSHP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, a primary care pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and a Diabetologist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). She is a faculty member in the Division of General Pediatrics, PolicyLab, and the Center for…
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Alisa J. Stephens Shields, PhD
Biography Alisa J. Stephens Shields, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on extensions and innovative applications of causal inference approaches to enhance the design and analysis of clinical trials. Dr. Stephens Shields has provided over a decade of statistical leadership to clinical…
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Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP
Biography Aditi Vasan (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Penn and an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics at CHOP. Her research focuses on improving the health and social service systems serving low-income and minoritized children and families. Her current work is focused on implementing and evaluating social needs screening and…
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Eliza W. Kinsey, PhD, MPH, MS, MA
Biography Eliza W. Kinsey, PhD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Kinsey is trained as an urban planner and social epidemiologist and her research interests lie at the intersection between unmet social needs, built environment, and public health. Her current areas of inquiry…
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Sophia Hua, PhD, MPH
Biography Dr. Hua (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her research aims to prevent diet-related chronic diseases by identifying and evaluating strategies to promote a healthier food environment in an equitable manner. Her work tests innovative behavioral science interventions such as…
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Christina Roberto, PhD
Biography Christina A. Roberto, PhD is the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor of Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Founding Director of the Center for Food and Nutrition Policy at Penn. The Center brings together researchers across Penn and CHOP…