Meet the team of individuals and partners who comprise the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice.
John Rich, Director
Ted Corbin, Co-Director
Sandy Bloom, Co-Director
Linda Rich, Program Research Director
Dionne Delgado, Injury Prevention Coordinator
Solomon Evans, Research Coordinator
Ann Wilson, Project Coordinator
Beverly Haas, Administrative Assistant
Evan Weiner, Assistant Director, Healing Hurt People, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Frances Nelson, Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Leigh Jamison, Community Intervention Specialist
Hugh "Tony" Thompson, Community Intervention Specialist
John Rich, Director
jrich@drexel.edu
John A. Rich, MD, MPH, is Professor and Chair of Health Management and Policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health. He has been a leader in the field of public health, and his work has focused on serving one of the nation’s most ignored and underserved populations—African-American men in urban settings. In 2006, Dr. Rich was granted a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. In awarding this distinction, the Foundation cited his work to design “new models of health care that stretch across the boundaries of public health, education, social service, and justice systems to engage young men in caring for themselves and their peers.” Prior to coming to Drexel, Rich served as the medical director of the Boston Public Health Commission. He earned his Dartmouth A.B. degree in English, his M.D. from Duke University Medical School, and his Master’s from the Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his internship and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and was a fellow in general internal medicine at Harvard Medical School. As a primary care doctor at Boston Medical Center, Rich created the Young Men’s Health Clinic and initiated the Boston HealthCREW, a program to train inner city young men to become peer health educators who focus on the health of men and boys in their communities. He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Dartmouth in 2007 and now serves on its Board of Trustees.
Ted Corbin, Co-Director
tcorbin@drexelmed.edu
Ted Corbin, MD, MPP, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine. He also serves as the Medical Director of the “Healing Hurt People” Program, an emergency department based trauma-informed intervention strategy that identifies victims of intentional injury. Dr. Corbin received his Master’s in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. In 2006, Dr. Corbin was recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the “Forty Under Forty” for his work in youth violence. In 2005, he was awarded a Soros Physician Advocacy Fellowship. Dr Corbin is a graduate of Lincoln University in Lincoln, PA He taught Biology at a New York Public High School for two years. He completed his medical degree at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA and then completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Corbin is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine.
Sandy Bloom, Co-Director
slb79@drexel.edu
Dr. Sandra L. Bloom is a Board-Certified psychiatrist and renowned author who speaks nationally and internationally about the impact of traumatic experience on individuals, families, organizations, and cultures. In addition to the two books she has authored, she has edited another book on violence, has edited or co-edited and contributed to two issues of Psychiatric Quarterly and two issues of Therapeutic Communities as well as authoring fifteen chapters and more than thirty journal articles. She and her colleagues recently completed an S.E.L.F. Psychoeducational curriculum that is being utilized in a number of different settings. She is presently working on a book that focuses on the impact of organizational stress on social service and mental health environments and the Sanctuary Model as an antidote to recurrent stress and systemic dysfunction. In 2007, Dr. Bloom and her colleagues created a certificate program in trauma studies for the Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and for the last three years, Dr. Bloom as taught an elective in trauma theory and the creation of safe environments for the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. She maintains a website at www.sanctuaryweb.com.
Linda Rich, Program Research Director
lrich@drexelmed.edu
Linda Rich is the Director of Research at the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and the Healing Hurt People program at Drexel’s College of Medicine. She has over 25 years of experience in psychotherapy, research, health policy analysis and program planning. Her previous work at the Best Practices Institute (BPI) focused on: the creation of a training/professional development institute for a large-scale community-based parenting network; guiding a grant-request and funding process; and establishing a standardized evaluation system for parenting education and support programs using performance measures as evaluation tools. Linda has worked in a range of non-profit organizations in the human services field as a direct service provider (psychologist) in women’s health and mental health settings, at the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Children’s Policy, in the National Health and Human Services Program at The Pew Charitable Trusts, and as a consultant for The Ford Foundation and the United Way of Southeastern PA. Ms. Rich holds a Master’s degree in Community Psychology from Temple University and a Bachelor’s degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Dionne Delgado, Injury Prevention Coordinator
ddelgado@drexelmed.edu
Dionne Delgado is the Injury Prevention Coordinator for the Healing Hurt People program at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dionne has had 16 years of experience working with individuals and families. She started her work in shelters in New York City advocating for housing for homeless men, dually diagnosed with drug dependence and mental illness. She also worked with persons with HIV/AIDS as a community educator and provided support in managing their disease. For the last 8 years Dionne worked in child protective services. Dionne received her BA in Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College and her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania.
Solomon Evans, Research Coordinator
Solomon.Evans@drexel.edu
Solomon Evans is a Research Coordinator for Drexel University’s School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy. His diverse experience has also included work as a writer covering musical artists and entertainment, as an analyst for a financial group, as a site developer for Starbucks Coffee Company, and as a professional photographer. Solomon is a longtime resident of Philadelphia. He attended Temple University, from which he graduated with a B.A. in Business Management.
Ann Wilson, Project Coordinator
Ann.S.Wilson@drexel.edu
Ann Wilson is the Center’s Project Coordinator. Previously, she worked for Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) providing consultative services to the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services, with a focus on parenting education and support programs. While with PHMC, Ann administered and helped establish the Institute for Family Professionals, a professional development institute for social service professionals who work with parents and caregivers in community-based settings in Philadelphia. Her prior experience includes Health and Human Services grantmaking at The Pew Charitable Trusts, arts administration at the University of the Arts, and several years as Assistant Pastry Chef at the former Petit 4 Pastry Studio in Old City, Philadelphia. Ann graduated from the Catholic University of America where she studied English Literature and Piano.
Beverly Haas, Administrative Assistant
bjh76@drexel.edu
Beverly Haas is the Center’s Administrative Assistant. She was the Administrator of The Alliance for Creative Development, a multi-disciplinary group psychiatric practice directed by Dr. Sandy Bloom, for 18 years and has managed several specialty healthcare practices in the Lehigh Valley. Beverly is a Certified Medical Manager and founding member of the local chapter of the Professional Association of Healthcare Office Management and Treasurer of the Physicians Office Management Association.
Evan Weiner, Assistant Director, Healing Hurt People, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Evan.Weiner@drexelmed.edu
Evan J. Weiner, MD, FAAP, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. He serves as the Assistant Director of the Healing Hurt People violence intervention program at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in North Philadelphia. Dr. Weiner is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine attending physician and maintains an interest in pediatric injury prevention. Dr. Weiner completed his undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania and his medical education at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his general pediatrics residency at Thomas Jefferson University/duPont Hospital for Children and his pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at the University of Florida.
Frances Nelson, Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator
frances.nelson@tenethealth.com
Frances Nelson is the Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where she also helps coordinate and oversee the Healing Hurt People program for young victims of intentional injury. Ms. Nelson has extensive professional experience working in community outreach and education and injury prevention, including positions at Drexel University College of Medicine, the Injury Free Coalition for Kids, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Caring People Alliance. She earned her undergraduate degree in education from Wilson College and a Masters in Organizational Development and Leadership from Springfield College in Delaware.
Leigh Jamison, Community Intervention Specialist
Anna.Jamison@drexelmed.edu
Leigh Jamison is the Community Intervention Specialist for the Healing Hurt People program at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. Previously, she worked in the AmeriCorps service program as a patient advocate at a community health center managed by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Leigh graduated from Boston University with a BA in biology.
Hugh Thompson, Community Intervention Specialist
Hugh.Thompson@drexelmed.edu
Hugh Thompson (a.k.a., “Tony”) is the Community Intervention Specialist for the Healing Hurt People program at Hahnemann University Hospital. Tony is completing a degree in Social Work at Temple University (BSW candidate, 2010). Tony brings to HHP a broad range of youth development skills with a focus on at-risk youth living in urban environments. Previously, Tony worked at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center for LGBT communities and persons living with HIV/AIDS in New York City, and the East Side House Settlement social service organization in the South Bronx.