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Bridging the Gaps Retreat 

Friday, January 31, 2025

Location:

FMC Building

2929 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(Remember your ID to show at the security desk in the lobby)

 

  8:30  -  9:00AM:      Breakfast & Networking

  9:00  -  9:20AM:      Welcome - Framing the work of the morning

  9:20  -  9:25AM:      Introduction to Small Group work

  9:25  -  9:50AM:      Videos

  9:50 - 11:55AM:      Small Groups Discussions & Report Out

11:55 - 12:00PM:      Goodbye 

                               

AGENDA

GUESTS

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Maureen Anderson, EdD 

Education Director

Gwen's Girls

Community Preceptor

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Hasshan Batts, DHSc, LCSW

Executive Director

Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley 

Founder, Batts Development Group

Community Preceptor

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Andrew Belfiglio, MPH

Director of Communications

& Data Analytics

Penn REACH Initiative & 

the Penn Injury Science Center

Consultant

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Tricia Bernecker, PhD, RN

BTG Program Director

DeSales University

Program Director

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Hillary Bogner, MD 

Department of Family & Community Health

University of Pennsylvania

Alumni & Program Faculty

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James Buehler, MD 

Teaching Professor

Dornsife School of Public Health

Drexel University

Advisory Board Member

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Tariem Burroughs, PhD, MSEd, MSODL

Dornsife School of Public Health

Drexel University

Small Group Leader

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Steve Chapman, MD

Vice Chair of Community Advocacy Dartmouth/Geisel School of Medicine

Alumni & Founder

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Andrew Chiu, MD

Resident

University of Illinois, Emergency Medicine

Alumni Network Liaison

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Jennifer Comerford, MJ, OTR/L, CHC, HEM 

Senior Patient Safety Analyst

ECRI Institute

Alumni Network Co-Chair

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Nasheeka Conix

University of Pennsylvania

Bridging the Gaps

Administrative Coordinator

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Jennifer Cummings, DO

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
LECOM at Seton Hill

Program Director

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Marjorie Dejoie Brewer, MD 

Global Medical Affairs and

Global Strategist

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Alumni Network Co-Chair

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Thistle Elias, DrPH, MPA

Director of Community Engagement

University of Pittsburgh

Program Director

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Ben Evans, DRM, ARM

Associate Vice President

Risk Management & Insurance

University of Pennsylvania

Risk Manager

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Gena Glickman, PhD 

School of Medicine

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Alumni & Program Director

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Elissa Goldberg, MSS, LSW

Office of Community Engagement

Drexel University

Program Director &

Small Group Leader

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Dee Hillas

Community Advocate

Advisory Board Member

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Tyler Holmberg, BA 

Co-Director, Co- Founder

Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden

Community Preceptor

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Jocelyn Jones Arnold

Board Member

Gender Justice Fund

Consultant

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Leah Labranche, PhD

Instructor of Anatomy

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Program Director

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Abby Letcher, MD

Family Medicine

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Alumni & Program Faculty

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Ellen Martinak, MS

University of Pennsylvania

Bridging the Gaps

Associate Director

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Bridget McCormick, MS

University of Pennsylvania

Bridging the Gaps

Director of Operations &

Program Director

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Holly Metzgar, DO, FACOG

College of Medicine

Drexel University

Program Director

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Laura Mullin, MS

Educational Coordinator

Drexel University

Program Coordinator

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Sarah Papperman, MPH, CPH

Research Coordinator

University of Pittsburgh

Program Coordinator

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Paige Persons, MPH

Program Manager

Cooper University Health Care

Program Coordinator

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Estelle Richman, MA

Director

Civic Coalition to Save Lives

Friend

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Donald Schwarz, MD, MPH, MBA

Retired

Founder

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Anthony Singleton

President & CEO

Educators 4 Education

Community Preceptor &

Small Group Leader

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Charmaine Sudler-Milligan

Director of Services

To Our Children's Future With Health, Inc.

Community Preceptor

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Noelle Thielman, PhD

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Program Director

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Lorraine Thomas

Operations Manager 

Southwest Philadelphia 

Community Development Corporation

Community Preceptor

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Lucy W. Tuton, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Bridging the Gaps

Executive Director & Founder

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Dianne Uwayo, MPH

Health Programs Manager

African Family Health Organization

Community Preceptor

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Zoë Van Orsdol, MA, MPH

Assistant Director, MPH Program

Thomas Jefferson University

Program Director

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Brian Work, MD MPH

Internal Medicine

Temple University

Program Faculty

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Jerome Wright, MSW, LSW

Office of Student Support

Temple University

Program Director

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