Our Team
Leadership
Kristin Rising, MD, MSHP
Executive Director
Dr. Rising is Professor and Director of Acute Care Transitions in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. Her research goal is to develop evidence-based practices for providing compassionate care focused on addressing each individual’s psychosocial and medical needs. She has led grants from numerous foundations, PCORI, AHRQ, and the NIH. Her current research portfolio focuses primarily on addressing patient uncertainty related to seeking care and developing novel approaches to reduce the impact of social determinants of health including food and digital literacy on individuals’ health. She has been on multiple national expert panels, including being an ongoing member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s expert panel for Quality Measurement, and is on the editorial board for Annals of Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine.
Kristin.Rising@jefferson.edu
215-503-5507
Efrat Kean, MD
Director of Clinical Operations
Efrat.Kean@jefferson.edu
215-955-6844
Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH
Director of Public Health Partnerships
Amy.Leader@jefferson.edu
215-955-7739
Brooke Worster, MD
Director of Clinical Innovation
Brooke.Worster@jefferson.edu
215-955-1888
Core Faculty & Staff
Nina Diamond, MPH
Research Coordinator
Amanda Doty, MS
Project Manager
Amanda.Doty@jefferson.edu
215-503-4619
Tracy Esteves Camacho, MPH
Research Coordinator
Alexzandra Gentsch, MSW
Qualitative Lab Program Manager
Alexzandra.Gentsch@jefferson.edu
215-955-8818
Karla Martin Gonzalez, MPP
Research Coordinator
Mackenzie Kemp, MSW, MPH
Center Manager
Mackenzie.Kemp@jefferson.edu
215-503-1158
Julianna LeNoir, MPH
Research Coordinator
Paula Ostroff, RN, MS
Clinical Research Nurse Lead
Ryan Pauline, MBA, FACHE
Associate Director of Business Operations
Megan Reed, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Lecturer, Jefferson College of Population Health
Megan.K.Reed@jefferson.edu
Nicole Renzi, RN
Clinical Research Nurse Lead
Nicole.Renzi@jefferson.edu
215-955-2471
Phillip Watts, BA, CCRP
ED Clinical Research Program Manager
Phillip.Watts@jefferson.edu
215-503-0988
Affiliated Faculty
Adam Binder, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
Adam.Binder@jefferson.edu
215-955-8874
Robin Casten, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Robin.Casten@jefferson.edu
215-503-1250
Amy Cunningham, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Lecturer, Jefferson College of Population Health
Amy.Cunningham@jefferson.edu
215-955-0535
Rosie Frasso, PhD, MSc, MSc, CPH
Professor, Jefferson College of Population Health
Program Director, Public Health, Jefferson College of Population Health
Associate Director for Public Health, Jefferson Center of Injury Research and Prevention
Rosie.Frasso@jefferson.edu
215-503-8901
Christopher Fundakowski, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Christopher.Fundakowski@jefferson.edu
215-481-4000
Gregory Garber, MSW, LCSW
Director of Oncology Support Services, Department of Medical Oncology
Gregory.Garber@jefferson.edu
215-955-5771
Angela Gerolamo, PhD, PMH-NP, BC
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Angela.Gerolamo@jefferson.edu
215-503-8054
Richard Hass, PhD
Program Director, PhD, Population Health Science
Program Director, Health Data Science
Associate Professor
Geoff Hayden, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Geoffrey.Hayden@jefferson.edu
215-955-6844
Jeannette Kates, PhD, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
Program Director, Adult Gerontology-Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Jeannette.Kates@jefferson.edu
215-503-8391
Nathan Handley, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
Nathan.Handley@jefferson.edu
215-955-8874
Judd Hollander, MD
Associate Dean, Strategic Health Initiatives
Professor and Vice Chair of Finance and Healthcare Enterprises, Department of Emergency Medicine
Judd.Hollander@jefferson.edu
215-955-6844
Dimitrios Papanagnou MD, MPH, RDMS, RDCS, CHSE
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Dimitrios.Papanagnou@jefferson.edu
215-955-6844
Rhea Powell, MD
Director, Division of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Barry Rovner, MD
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Ophthalmology
Barry.Rovner@jefferson.edu
215-503-1243
Kavita Vinekar, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kavita.Vinekar@jefferson.edu
Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH, DrPH
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Lara.Weinstein@jefferson.edu
215-955-8363