The Penn Futures Project , a collaborative effort among three Penn schools serving the Philadelphia community, has appointed new faculty leaders to serve the children and families of Philadelphia. Deans from three Penn schools named Nursing and Nutrition professor Terri Lipman and Child Development and Education professor Vivian Gadsden to serve as the project’s first faculty leaders.

The program was launched in 2015 to promote an interdisciplinary approach to serving the children and families of Philadelphia. Members of the School of Nursing, School of Social Policy and Practice, and Graduate School of Education collaboratively aim to help local community members while simultaneously providing community-based training for graduate students in the field.

Penn Futures oversee five initiatives including a data analysis project to map communities that need pre-kindergarten service, the development of a multidisciplinary child welfare certificate, and the formation of guidelines to train teachers, nurses, and social workers to better serve LGBTQ students. The program also oversees the Calvin Bland Faculty Fellowship which supports one faculty member from each of the three Penn schools to research race, gender, and health in communities of color.

Lipman is the assistant dean for community engagement for Penn Nursing and previously served as director of Penn’s Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program. To learn more about Penn Nursing professor Terri Lipman and her new role as faculty leader for the Penn Futures Project, visit here.

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