Guatemala Health Initiative is an organization of students from the University of Pennsylvania working in partnership with communities in Guatemala. Since 2005, GHI has primarily worked with Hospitalito Atitlán to improve health in the Tz’utujil Maya town of Santiago...
Family Medicine: Residency Community Initiatives
Family Medicine residents at Penn Medicine participate in a longitudinal community medicine curriculum that utilizes didactic and service–based venues for resident training and community enhancement. The curriculum is based on a series of academic/community...
Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center
The Sayre Health Center provides clinical services to residents of the surrounding community, as well as educational opportunities for high school, undergraduate and graduate students. VISIT SITE
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Office of Government Affairs, Community Relations and Advocacy
The Office of Government Affairs, Community Relations and Advocacy works with departments throughout CHOP, as well as community-based organizations and government officials to assure the best care for the children and families served by the hospital. VISIT SITE
Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP)
CAPP has served children with asthma, their parents, and asthma caregivers, as well as working in many Philadelphia communities to offer free asthma education, home visits and training to school personnel and primary care providers. VISIT SITE
Bridging the Gaps (BTG)
BTG links the training of health and social service professionals with the provision of health-related services for under served and economically disadvantaged populations. BTG includes the Community Health Internship Program, the BTG Seminar Series, and the BTG...
PolicyLab
PolicyLab partners with numerous stakeholders within the health care field to develop evidence-based solutions to the most challenging health-related issues affecting children. By informing program and policy changes through interdisciplinary research, PolicyLab aims...
Penn CTSA: Community Engagement and Research (CEAR) Core
The purpose of the Community Engagement and Research Core in the Penn CTSA is to facilitate community-based research and community engagement, especially community-based participatory research, and enhance the translation of research and technological developments to...
Penn Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
CFAR has a community advisory board (CAB) that works to foster and maintain partnerships and open communication between Penn CFAR researchers and community members. The CAB also works to enhance HIV education, prevention, treatment and research activities reflecting...
Office of Diversity and Community Outreach
The office's mission is to help Penn Medicine become a more collegial, intellectually exciting, and supportive institution through the recruitment, retention and promotion of women and underrepresented minority faculty, housestaff and staff. VISIT SITE
