Our Staff and Committees

Heather Marie Gardiner

Director

Office of Community-Engaged Research and Practice

Kate Gallagher

Director, Community-Based Learning

Office of Community-Engaged Research and Practice

Amy Confair

Associate Director

Office of Community-Engaged Research and Practice

Ra'Shaun Gass

Department Coordinator

Office of Community-Engaged Research and Practice

Advisory committees

Public Health Advisory Council (PHAC)

Executive Committee

Imam Azam Akram, Bait-ul-Aafiyat Mosque

Ayana Bradshaw, Health Promotion Council and PHMC

Gloria Cartagena, New Kensington Community Development Corporation

Brooke Di Leone, AccessMatters

Judith Emmons, Congreso Health Center

Jose Ferran, Jr., HP Green, Turning Points for Children

Alice Hausman, Temple University College of Public Health (professor emerita)

Makeeda Holley, Philadelphia Housing Authority

Nafisah Houston, Bebashi–Transition To Hope

Jennifer Ibrahim, Temple University College of Public Health (interim dean)

Rev. Canon Betsy Ivey, Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania

Lizette Lewis, New Kensington Community Development Corporation

Janelle Lyons, CPH Alumni Association and Caring Heart Rehab and Nursing

Jacqueline Maldonado, MLK Older Adult Center

Philip McCallion, Temple University College of Public Health (director, School of Social Work)

Lianette Pappaterra, Esperanza Health Center

Marie Protesto, Magee Rehabilitation, United Spinal Association

Carrie Rathmann, Habitat for Humanity

Jaclynn Ries, Veterans Multi-service Center

Maryann Salib, Esperanza Health Center

Mark Salzer, Temple University College of Public Health (director, Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities)

Tanya Sen, Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger

Brenda Shelton-Duston, Black Women’s Health Alliance

Kaitlin H. Slack, St. Francis Inn Ministries

Mark Stoutenberg, Temple University College of Public Health (chair, Department of Kinesiology)

Evangeline Wang, Hepatitis B Foundation

Tamra Williams, Community Behavioral Health

Steering Committee

Sarah Bass, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health

Whitney Cabey, Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Deborah Crabbe, Internal Medicine, Temple University Health System

Avrum Gillespie, Internal Medicine, Temple University Health System

Shiv Hiremath, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Public Health

Ilene Hollin, Department of Health Services Administration and Policy, College of Public Health

Laura Johnson, School of Social Work, College of Public Health

Sara Kovacs, Department of Kinesiology, College of Public Health

Gabriella McLoughlin, Department of Kinesiology, College of Public Health

Anuradha Paranjape, Internal Medicine, Temple University Health System

Carolyn Parks, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health

Beth Pfieffer, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Public Health

Anne Russ, Department of Kinesiology, College of Public Health

Krista Schroeder, Department of Nursing, College of Public Health

Jack Sears, Department of Kinesiology, College of Public Health

Melody Slashinski, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health

Andrea Swan, Community and Neighborhood Affairs

Liz Thomas, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health

Gina Tripicchio, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Public Health

Recai Yucel, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health