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MAUB Team

MAUB Leadership

Brendan Hart, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine | Co-Director of Education, Urban Bioethics

Brian Tuohy, PhD | Assistant Professor, CUB | Co-Director of Education, Urban Bioethics | Secondary Appointment, Department of Sociology

Catherine Averill, MFA – Senior Advisor, MAUB Program
Short story author, pianist, data viz enthusiast


Core Faculty

Nicolle Strand, JD, MBE, MPH – Director and Associate Professor, CUB | Director of Equity and Culture Initiatives, Office of Health, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – LKSOM

Whitney Cabey, MD, MSHP, MAUB – Assistant Professor, CUB | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Physician scientist, bioethicist, pop culture junkie

Melanie Cosby, PhD | Assistant Professor, CUB | Director, Office of Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – LKSOM

Mary Beth Hays, MSW | Assistant Professor and Faculty Lead – Philadelphia Healthy and Safe Schools Initiative

Sharon Herring, MD, MPH – Associate Professor, Medicine | Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Reproductive Services | Associate Professor, Clinical Sciences | Director, Maternal Health Equity

Cornelius (Neil) Pitts, PharmD | Assistant Professor, CUB | Pharmaceutical Care Director, Miriam Medical Clinics
Research scientist, healthcare historian, bass guitarist

Christine M. Santoro, MAUB | Assistant Professor, CUB

Peter Simonsson, PhD, MSW, LCSW | Assistant Professor, CUB | Secondary Appointment, Department of Criminal Justice

Brian Tuohy, PhD | Assistant Professor, CUB | Secondary Appointment, Department of Sociology


Affiliated Faculty

Amisha Ahuja, MD, MAUB | Internal Medicine

Oneida Arosarena, MD | Otolaryngologist – TUHS

Michele Battle-Fisher, MPH, MA | Instructor, CUB
Bioethicist, public health policy scholar, amateur photographer

Julia Burger, MD, MAUB | Pediatrician

Seetha Chandrasekhara, MD, MA | Psychiatrist

Shaden Eldakar-Hein, MD, MS, FACP

Megan Gunn, MD | Internal Medicine
Womanist, bioethicist, décor connoisseur

Ashleigh Hall, D.O., MAUB | Pediatrician

Brian Hutler, JD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Philosophy, CLA

Laura Igarabuza, MD | Family Medicine

Robert Reed, M.Sc., JD | Executive Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Tony Reed, MD, MBA |SVP, Chief Quality & Safety Officer, Inspira Health

Kathleen Reeves, President, Gold Foundation | Founding Director, CUB

Caterina Roman, PhD | Professor of Criminal Justice, CLA

Margot Savoy, MD, MPH | Senior VP for Education, Inclusiveness and Physician Well-Being, AAFP

Miriam Solomon, PhD | Professor of Philosophy, CLA
Philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, bioethics

Stephanie Spivack, MD, MAUB | Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine

Sam Stern, MD | Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine

Susan Wiegers, MD, FACC, FASE