ACE Research Committee
Professor of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Director, Community & Clinical Integration, Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children
I'm a pediatrician and researcher, working in the areas of population health, psychosocial stress and adversity, and health disparities. I've done research on racism and its effects on children, cross-cultural issues in child health and development, and ACEs. I've developed programs to address the social determinants of health. I'm also interested in behavioral health and am the Editor of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.
Areas of Interest:
Research
Program Development
Publications:
Developing a community-wide initiative to address childhood adversity and toxic stress: The Philadelphia ACE Task Force. Academic Pediatrics 17:S130-S135. 2017
Intergenerational associations between parent adverse childhood experiences and offspring child health outcomes. Pediatrics, May 2018, e20174274; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-4274
Discrimination and mental health in a representative sample of African American and Afro-Caribbean youth. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities DOI 10.1007/s40615-017-0428-z, 9/15/2017
Racism and child health: a review of the literature and future directions. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 30:255-263. 2009.
Perceived racism and discrimination in children and youth: an exploratory study. Health and Social Work. 35(1): 61-69. 2010
Perceptions of Racism in Children and Youth (PRaCY): Properties of a Self-Report Instrument for Research on Children’s Health and Development. Ethnicity and Health, 15(1): 33-46. 2010.
