Message from the Director and Chair
The Center for Urban Bioethics was established in 2012 with a vision to see health equity across all urban communities--spaces characterized by density, diversity, and disparities. Bioethics helps us describe what minoritized populations experience as we shine a spotlight on the health inequities to which society has become desensitized.
Despite an abundance of academic medical centers, Philadelphia remains a city where health disparities outpace national averages. In our North Philadelphia community, a disproportionately high number of residents suffer from preventable and treatable health conditions. Our mission is to eliminate health inequity by identifying barriers to health and addressing disparities in health and access through community partnerships, education and research, and implementation of locally focused solutions that foster our community's capacity for health.
The diverse interests, skills, and professional backgrounds of our students are the tools we need to create communities where health inequities do not exist. Watching all of you commit yourselves to building a more just and ethical future has been the pleasure of my career and it has been a great privilege serving as the Director of CUB and one of your faculty members.
Dr. Kathy Reeves Professor, Pediatrics Founding Director, Center for Urban Bioethics Chair, Department of Urban Health and Population SciencesMessage to Graduates
As an anthropologist working in bioethics, I am fortunate to work with students who are able to integrate the social and cultural aspects of health and health care delivery with their chosen field. It has been a tremendous privilege to get to know each of you in class through the firstyear seminar series, and it has been such a pleasure watching each of you make conceptual connections, examine familiar problems through a new lens, and chart your own path through your degree.
Each of you dedicated time and energy to learn practical strategies and develop your own ideas of how to build a healthier, more equitable world. I hope you see the essential nature of the work you have undertaken and the need for more ethically informed critical thinkers and problem solvers like you. I am inspired by the thoughtfulness, passion, and determination each of you has demonstrated throughout your time in our program and excited to cheer you on as you apply your bioethics training to your future endeavors.
Dr. Nora Jones Director, MAUB Program Associate Professor, Bioethics
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Presentation of Graduates
Master of Arts
August 2022
Carolyn Baniewicz
Addressing Diabetes in the Underserved Population Using a Community Outreach Mobile Unit Approach
Tamsin Board
Medical Ethics Education and the Hidden Curriculum
Andrew Eiffert
Health Equity in Pain Management During the Opioid Epidemic: How Stereotypes, Racism, Bias Harm Vulnerable Populations
Colette Gramszlo
An Urban Bioethics Approach to Understanding Disparities in Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Children with Congenital Heart Disease
Rhiannon McGrath
Gun Violence: A Public Health CrisisThe Role Physicians Can Play in Keeping Communities
Safe
Meera Siddharth
The Experiences of Interpreters in Mental Health Encounters – A Qualitative Study
Brandon Wolfeld
Complicated Moralities: Relational Ethics and Caregiver Burden
May 2023
Amisha Ahuja
Holding Space for Nuance in Irritable Bowel Syndrome:The Ethical Dimensions of Medical Ambiguity
Bianca Aibuedefe
Black Maternal Health Disparities and the Effects of Roe v Wade Being Overturned
Hershel Cannon
Withdrawal of Life SustainingTherapy in Neurosurgical Patients: An Urban Bioethical Review
Frank Cedeño
Increasing Diversity and Representation of Underrepresented in Medicine Students Using Pathways Program
Houston Madison Curtis
An Ethical Evaluation of Food Insecurity and Its Effect on Child Health in Urban Settings and a Discussion About an Ethical Obligation as a Health Care Provider to Address the Issue
Idy Ding
The Current State of Interpreter Services in Healthcare and Where We Go From Here
Schyler B. Edwards
Solidarity, Not Charity - Mutual Aid and Community Resilience in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic
Erika Fish
Direct Primary Care: A Bioethical Analysis and Discussion of Practice Characteristics
Amanda Foote
Immigrant Health & Bioethics: On the Significance of Local Context
Hannah Foster
The Role of Midwifery Care in Urban Settings: Mitigating Disparities and Expanding Access
Christina Garcés
The Bioethical Argument for Decriminalizing Sex Work
Komal Gulati
The Chronicles Of Psychiatry: Landmark Cases That ShapedThe Civil Rights Of Psychiatric Patients
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Master of Arts
D’Andrew Gursay
Joining Forces for Better Joints: A Critical Analysis of the Current Literature on Race and Ethnicity in Orthopaedic Surgery
Megan Healy
"InTraining": Systems of Power and Exploitation in the Making of the American Physician
Bryson Ernest Hoover-Hankerson Mass Incarceration is a Public Health Issue More Deadly than Covid
Chase Jennings
Telehealth: A Promising Approach to the Issue of Poor Access to Multidisciplinary Pain Management
Jessica Kerstetter
Medical Care for Individuals Experiencing Incarceration
Michaella Mairi Kinloch
Time andTimes:TheTimes in Which We Live as a Social Determinant of Health
Asher Lee Mandel
Transforming a Medical Student RunTutoring Program into a Community-Centered Organization in Line with Bioethical Principles
Ariana Mirzada
Unable to Heal: Physicians from Afghanistan
Attempt to Reenter the United States Medical Field
Cassandra Mocek
The Fine Line Between Learning and Negligence
Victoria Jean Moors
Uniting Disability Bioethics and Participatory Action Research with Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Tyler J. Najac
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programs in Urban Populations: An Urban Bioethics Analysis
Nadia Namous
The Current and Future Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Bioethical Considerations and Exploration of AI In Medicine, Radiology and Mammography
Briana Neidig
The Built Urban Environment – Enduring Impacts of Historical and Structural Discrimination on Health in Urban Communities
Rachael Eniola Odusanya
Ethical Assessment of Social Support as a Criterion in KidneyTransplant Candidacy in an Urban, North Philadelphia Setting
William Ohley
An Ethical Call for Early Implementation of Palliative Care for Underserved Heart Failure Patients
Tutu Olowu
Ethical Approach to Mitigating the Effects of Educational Inequality: Socialization in American Public Schools
Juliette Alise Pailin
History of Pandemics: Black Community Response as a Strategy for Overcoming Barriers to Health and Effective Community Engagement
Joshua Miles Rosenberg
Exploration of Factors Affecting Representation of Minorities in Dermatology
Arnav Shah
Ethics of Global Surgical Care: A Four-Part Model to Enhance Global Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Care
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Master of Arts
Tiffany Moya Smith
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: Ways We Can Fulfill Our Ethical Obligation to Pursue Health Equity
Khyati Harshita Somayaji
Vaccination HesitancyThrough the Ages: The Past, Present, and Future Implications
A. Bailey Sperry
Nature and Healing in Urban Communities: Bioethical Analysis of Health and Green Spaces
Meghan Swyryn
An Ethical Analysis of Safe Supply
Evan Thornburg
The Public Health Crisis of Media
Misinformation, Disinformation, and Conspiracy
Theories: A Case for Bioethical Intervention
Adeola Togun
Distributive Justice and the Management of OrthopaedicTrauma
Catherine Vanchiere Kipp
MovingTowards Health Equity: Structural Determinants of Health as Targets for Local Government Action
Graduate Certificate
May 2023
Lauren Gaffaney
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Dr. Amisha Ahuja
Holding Space for Nuance in Irritable Bowel Syndrome:The Ethical Dimensions of Medical Ambiguity
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora JonesAmisha Ahuja is in her third and final year of gastroenterology fellowship. After graduating Wellesley College with a BA in English and Biology, she has spent close to a decade in the Philadelphia area pursuing her medical training at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and Temple University Hospital. She has plans to pursue an academic career after graduating, with multidisciplinary interests in nutrition, motility, and the medical humanities.
Bianca Aibuedefe
Black Maternal Health Disparities and the Effects of Roe v. Wade Being
Overturned
Bianca is a graduating 4th year medical student who will be going to Cooper University OB/GYN residency program. She received her BS in Health Science at CSU East Bay in Hayward, CA.
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Hershel Cannon
Withdrawal of Life SustainingTherapy in Neurosurgical Patients: An Urban Bioethical Review
Frank Cedeño
Hershel is a fourth-year medical student at Temple University. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Florida, where he majored in Neurobiology and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a distinction in research. Currently, Hershel is completing his combined MD/MA in Urban Bioethics degree at Temple University. His graduate thesis discusses the withdrawal of care in neurosurgical patients. Hershel is passionate about urban bioethics, particularly as it relates to decision-making, healthcare disparities, and patient advocacy. In July, he will begin neurosurgery residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Increasing Diversity and Representation of Underrepresented in Medicine Students Using Pathways Program
Frank Cedeño is graduating from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine this May 2023. He is excited to begin residency in July, start his career, and plans to work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work along with medical education in the future,
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Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora Jones
Houston Madison Curtis
An Ethical Evaluation of Food Insecurity and Its Effect on Child Health in Urban Settings and a Discussion About an Ethical Obligation as a Health Care Provider to Address the Issue
and Prof. Mary Beth Hays
Houston Curtis is a graduating fourth year medical student who will be attending Children's National Hospital in DC for pediatric residency. She is originally from Pittsburgh, PA and grew up participating in a variety of childcare activities at her church, Mt. Ararat Baptist Church. She received her B.S. in Biology and minors in Peace and Justice and Psychology from Villanova University. Her research interests include food insecurity and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Idy Ding
The Current State of Interpreter Services in Healthcare and Where We Go From Here
Idy is currently a fourth-year medical student who is deeply involved in tutoring and mentorship at her school due to her interests in medical education. Her research interests in urban bioethics include medical interpretation and cross-cultural issues, both of which are heavily influenced by her personal background and experiences during her clinical clerkships. Following graduation, she will be pursuing her residency in orthopaedic surgery at Case Western/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
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Schyler B. Edwards
Solidarity, Not Charity - Mutual Aid and Community Resilience in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thesis Advisors: Dr. Sharon Herring and Christy Santoro
Schyler Edwards is currently a fourth-year dual degree MD/MAUB student at Temple's Lewis Katz School of Medicine. She previously attended Montclair State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Her research and clinical passions include Black maternal morbidity and mortality, women's sexual and reproductive health, and health disparities. After graduation, Schyler will start her medical residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Erika Fish
Direct Primary Care: A Bioethical Analysis and Discussion of Practice Characteristics
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Whitney Cabey
Erika Fish is a fourth-year medical student. She is from Erie, Pennsylvania and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to medical school, Erika was in the ACMS post-baccalaureate program at Temple. Following graduation, she will be a family medicine resident at UPMC St. Margaret in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Amanda Foote
Immigrant Health & Bioethics: On the Significance of Local Context
Hannah Foster
Amanda is a fourth year medical student, planning to start an Emergency Medicine residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) this coming June. Her interests in emergency medicine include palliative care, substance use disorders, access to care and climate & health.
The Role of Midwifery Care in Urban Settings: Mitigating Disparities and Expanding Access
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sharon Herring and Christy Santoro
Hannah is a fourth-year medical student pursuing a career in obstetrics and gynecology. Originally from outside of Philadelphia, Hannah completed her undergraduate training at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Her research interests include high-risk pregnancy, congenital anomalies, health disparities and equitable access to fertility treatment. She will be continuing her training in obstetrics and gynecology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Lauren Gaffaney Graduate
Certificate
Lauren Gaffaney is a third-year resident in Internal Medicine at Temple University Hospital. She attended medical school at the University of Vermont Robert Larner, MD College of Medicine. Her research interests include biases against patients with substance use disorder and patient directed discharges, and how those biases impact patient care. In July, she will be starting a new position at UC Davis Medical Center as a hospitalist, where she hopes to continue to learn about and engage with urban bioethics in a new urban environment, Sacramento.
Christina Garcés
The Bioethical Argument for Decriminalizing Sex Work
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Kathy Reeves
Christina Garcés is a MD/MA student in the Urban Bioethics program and a medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. She is president of Temple Med’s Prevention Point Board, member of the Latinx Medical Student Association and cofounder of SOL Collective, a harm reductionist group pushing for Safe Injection Facilities in Philadelphia. Her research interests include social justice in health care, particularly in areas concerning harm reduction, saferinjection, sex-workers' rights, rights for incarcerated people and people who use drugs (PWUDs).
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Komal Gulati
The Chronicles Of Psychiatry: Landmark CasesThat ShapedThe Civil Rights Of Psychiatric Patients
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Nicolle StrandKomal is a current fourth-year medical student completing her medical degree and a master’s in Urban Bioethics at Temple University. Previously, she studied Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Rights at the UConn, felt the combined MD/MA at Temple would be a natural extension of her interests. As a writer, her work has been published in The Scientific American, KevinMD.com, The National Alliance on Mental Illness Blog, ATD (Association for Talent Development), NLI's 'Your Brain at Work', MindGym, and Temple Health Magazine. Following graduation, she will start psychiatry residency at UConn Health Center in her home state of Connecticut.
D'Andrew Gursay
Joining Forces for Better Joints: A Critical Analysis of the Current Literature on Race and Ethnicity in Orthopaedic Surgery
D'Andrew is a Philadelphia-native and fourth year medical school at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. He graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology. He has special research interest incorporating the intersections of musculoskeletal pathology and social determinants of health. He has served as Community Service chair for the Class of 2023 at Temple and elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He will spend the next 5 years at the University of Chicago pursuing orthopaedic surgery.
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Dr. Megan Healy
"InTraining": Systems of Power and Exploitation in the Making of the American Physician
Megan Healy, MD FAAEM is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. She serves as Program Director for the emergency medicine residency program. She completed residency here at Temple University Hospital in 2013. She currently serves as Councilor for the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Co-Chair of the Status of Women Faculty committee and Chair of the TUH Practitioner Wellness committee. Her professional interests include graduate medical education, health disparities and social emergency medicine interventions.
Bryson Ernest Hoover-Hankerson
Mass Incarceration is a Public Health Issue More Deadly than Covid
Bryson Hoover-Hankerson is originally from Harrisburg, he received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology at Tufts University. In 2018 he completed the Temple ACHS Postbacc Program. He is now receiving his Medical Doctorate (MD) from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) in May, 2023 and upon graduation will begin his Internal Medicine residency training at UT Houston. Bryson has continuously demonstrated his passion for the promotion of health and equity in black communities, a passion he credits to his parents.
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Chase Jennings
Telehealth: A Promising Approach to the Issue of Poor Access to Multidisciplinary Pain Management
Chase Jennings is a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She will be continuing her education as an anesthesiology resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jessica Kerstetter
Medical Care for Individuals Experiencing Incarceration
Jessica Kerstetter is currently a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Her interests include community engagement and social emergency medicine. She will be pursuing her residency in Emergency Medicine at Emory University beginning in July 2023.
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Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora Jones
Michaella Mairi Kinloch
Time andTimes:TheTimes in Which We Live as a Social Determinant of Health
Michaella Kinloch was the founding Director of the Standardized Patient Program in the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University until her retirement, and was previously in a number of other positions in the field of simulation in medical education. She had an earlier career in many positions in the garment manufacturing industry. She has long been active in the theatre as director, actor, producer, dramaturge, and designer. Michaella is graduate of the University of Toronto in History/English. Next? The future . . .
Asher Lee Mandel
Transforming a Medical Student RunTutoring Program into a CommunityCentered Organization in Line with Bioethical Principles
Asher is currently graduating from Temple University with a dual degree (MD/MA). As a medical student he earned distinguished recognition as a member of AOA. He came to Philly from NewYork where he worked for two years as a middle school math teacher and medical scribe. Before that, he went to Cornell University in Ithaca, NY where he majored in biology and minored in business. Next year, Asher will be doing research in the urology department at Mount Sinai in NewYork City and will apply for residency in urology this fall.
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Ariana Mirzada
Unable to Heal: Physicians from Afghanistan Attempt to Reenter the United States Medical Field
Ariana is a fourth-year medical student and incoming pediatric resident at the Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is particularly passionate about refugee and migrant populations. She conducted fieldwork in Greece for her Princeton University thesis, which was an ethnography of Afghan refugee women. She has continued to work with refugees and asylum-seekers in medical school as a board member of the Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic. Ariana is a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship Finalist and has been inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and The Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Cassandra Mocek
The Fine Line Between Learning and Negligence
Cassandra (Cassie) Mocek is a fourth-year Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) student pursuing dual M.D. and M.A.U.B. degrees. She has a Bachelor of Science in Cellular and Molecular from the University of Michigan with a minor in international studies. During her time at LKSOM, Cassie was involved in many activities on campus. She was on the executive board for the Pediatric Interest Group, T.E.A.C., R.I.S.E., and the International Health Organization, to name a few. Moving forward, Cassie will be moving to Chicago to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Chicago.
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Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brian Tuohy
Victoria Jean Moors
Uniting Disability Bioethics and Participatory Action Research with Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Tyler J. Najac
Victoria Moors is a graduating fourth-year student at Lewis Katz School of Medicine who will start her residency in psychiatry at the University of Chicago this summer. After eight years working in the community arts as an artist, educator, and administrator, she entered the MD/MA program in Urban Bioethics at LKSOM. Her passions mainly lie in anything and everything that help her in her journey toward developing a community center that unites accessible mental health care with inclusive art education to help people with severe mental illness truly thrive in life. This center will serve as a site for participatory action research.
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programs in Urban Populations: An Urban Bioethics Analysis
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Nicolle Strand and Dr. Jeffrey Henderer
Tyler Najac is a fourth-year medical student at LKSOM and is soon to be an emergency medicine resident at St. Barnabas Hospital in NewYork. After graduating Boston College with a major in finance, minor in chemistry, and completing pre-medical studies coursework, he worked in disaster relief for Haiti after Hurricane Matthew in 2017. His research interests include artificial intelligence and ophthalmology.
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Nadia Namous
The Current and Future Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Bioethical Considerations and Exploration of AI In Medicine, Radiology and Mammography
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brian Tuohy
Nadia Namous is a fourth-year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. She earned her Bachelor degree in Biochemistry and Mathematics at Cedar Crest College in Allentown PA. She grew up in Allentown and comes from a big family including 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Her passions include public health, women's health, bioethics, and refugee and immigrant health. Her research includes case reports in Nuclear medicine, Neuroradiology, and she has published research in Bariatric surgery. She will be starting Radiology residency at Medical College of Georgia and will pursue fellowship in Breast Imaging.
Briana Neidig
The Built Urban Environment – Enduring Impacts of Historical and Structural Discrimination on Health in Urban Communities
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora Jones
Briana Neidig is graduating from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine with a dual MD/MAUB degree and aspires to work as a pediatric emergency medicine physician in diverse, medically underserved communities. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Global Health from the Pennsylvania State University and will complete her Pediatric Residency at Jackson Memorial in Miami. Her goals for this program were to build upon knowledge of how public health and policy intersects with equity and disparity, and engage with communities to find solutions that respond to such issues in culturally sensitive and competent ways.
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Rachael Eniola Odusanya
Ethical Assessment of Social Support as a Criterion in KidneyTransplant Candidacy in an Urban, North Philadelphia Setting
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Nicolle
StrandRachael is a current fourth year medical student and clinical research assistant in dual degree MD/MAUB who is interested in clinical research as well as the intersections of medicine and SDH. Passionate about community health initiatives, pipeline programs, mentorship, healthcare policy, integrative SDH screening and DEI. Rachael is an incoming pediatrics resident and will be continuing research and advocacy work there. Hoping to investigate the effects of pipeline programs on URM retention in medical/health professional schools.
William Ohley
An Ethical Call for Early Implementation of Palliative Care for Underserved Heart Failure Patients
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora Jones
Will is a fourth-year medical student participating in the Urban Bioethics program. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include healthcare disparities, end-of-life care, and medical education. He will be completing his Internal Medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Tutu Olowu
Ethical Approach to Mitigating the Effects of Educational Inequality: Socialization in American Public Schools
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Melanie Cosby
Tutu is a fourth-year medical student and rising Family Medicine intern. She attended Clarkson University for undergrad and went on to complete a Masters in Biomedical Sciences at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Tutu interests include adolescent medicine, palliative care, and working in an underserved community. As a primary care physician, she hopes to use her foundations in Urban Bioethics to provide competent and compassionate care.
Juliette Alise Pailin
History of Pandemics: Black Community Response as a Strategy for Overcoming Barriers to Health and Effective Community Engagement
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora Jones
Juliette Pailin has her B.S from Hampton University. She is a Community Engagement Specialist at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health within the Division of Disease Control. She is also Co-Lead for Public Health Preparedness Health Equity workgroup within the Division of Disease control.
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Joshua Miles Rosenberg
Exploration of Factors Affecting Representation of Minorities in Dermatology
Arnav Shah
Joshua Rosenberg is a fourth-year medical student at Lewis Katz School of Medicine who will be graduating this year with a dual degree of MD/MA in Urban Bioethics. He previously attended UCLA where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 2016 then completed a post-baccalaureate program in medical science at Temple University in 2018. He is the founder and treasurer of Aerospace Medicine at LKSOM and will be continuing his training at St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus for a transitional year.
Ethics of Global Surgical Care: A Four-Part Model to Enhance Global Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Care
Arnav Shah is a graduating medical student with a background in medical anthropology who will start otolaryngology residency in July at Rush University. He is passionate about global health, humanitarian ethics, and social determinants of health. In his career, he hopes to work with immigrant communities in the US and improve equitable access to otolaryngology care.
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Tiffany Moya Smith
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: Ways We Can Fulfill Our Ethical Obligation to Pursue Health Equity
Tiffany Smith attended Boston University for undergrad, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Science. She will now be taking her newest degrees (MAUB and MD) and experiences to UConn Health, where she will complete an Internal Medicine Residency. It is her goal to use both degrees to continue to work in and serve communities similar to the ones she learned so much from as a student at Temple University.
Khyati Harshita Somayaji
Vaccination Hesitancy Through the Ages: The Past, Present, and Future Implications
Khyati Somayaji is a fourth-year medical student who is interested in understanding disparities in health systems and clinical care delivery from a bioethical and public health lens. She received her B.S. degree in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. She has been recognized by the Southern Medical Association for her scholarly work and has been inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism honor societies. Khyati will be pursuing internal medicine residency at Northwestern in Chicago with clinical and research interests in women's health and hematology/oncology.
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Thesis Advisor: Dr. Nora Jones
A. Bailey Sperry
Nature and Healing in Urban Communities: Bioethical Analysis of Health and Green Spaces
Bailey Sperry is a fourth year MD/MA student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. She will be starting residency in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins in July 2023. She received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Princeton University, and completed her postbaccalaureate premedical studies at Tufts University.
Meghan Swyryn
An Ethical Analysis of Safe Supply
Meghan Swyryn (she/her) is a fourth-year MD/MA student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. She received a B.A. in Biological Basis of Behavior with a minor in Deaf Studies. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is interested in harm reduction and promoting the health of people who use illicit drugs. She is also interested in studying the treatment of HIV in the primary care setting. Next year she will be a family medicine resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
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Evan Thornburg
The Public Health Crisis of Media Misinformation, Disinformation, and ConspiracyTheories: A Case for Bioethical Intervention
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Nicolle Strand
Evan is a lifelong Philadelphian that works as the Health Equity Special Advisor for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in the Division of HIV Health, and has previously served as Director of Training and Program Development of the Mayor’s Office of Diversity and Deputy Director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs. Evan's foci in the Urban Bioethics program has been biotechnology/AI in healthcare, mis/disinformation and media in public health, and vulnerable populations. Evan is a retired amateur Muay Thai fighter and runs an illustration studio that creates diverse imagery for healthcare and public health campaigns.
Adeola O. Togun
Distributive Justice and the Management of OrthopaedicTrauma
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Brian Tuohy
Adeola Togun is a Fourth-Year medical student at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. In 2017, she received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Temple University. Adeola is currently pursuing a dual MD-MA degree in Urban Bioethics. Her interests include addressing socioeconomic impacts in patient care and outcomes as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of Orthopaedic Surgery. Her next professional step will be starting Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
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Dr. Catherine Vanchiere Kipp
Moving Towards Health Equity: Structural Determinants of Health as Targets for Local Government Action
Catherine (Katie) Vanchiere Kipp is a Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Temple University Hospital. She received her MD from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, LA in 2019, after which she completed her Internal Medicine internship and residency at Temple. Katie will continue her training in cardiovascular diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Her goal is to become a clinical cardiologist caring for underserved populations and to pursue community-engaged research to mitigate cardiovascular health disparities.
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Congratulations,
Our best wishes toward your continued success in advancing health equity in communities and building a more ethical and socially just society.
Graduates!