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Heather A Klusaritz, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
CPH Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Core Faculty, Graduate Program in Public Health Studies
Faculty Director, Service Link, Center for Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director of Community Engagement, Center for Public Health
Director of Community Health Services, Center for Health Equity Advancement, Penn Medicine
Chief, Division of Community Health, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, Master of Public Health Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact information
Department of Family Medicine & Community Health
3620 Hamilton Walk, Anatomy/Chemistry, Rm. 143
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
Honors BA (Psychology)
Marquette University, 1997.
MSW
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
PhD (Social Welfare)
University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Global Health Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2007.
Penn Medicine Leadership Forum Participant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011-2011.
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Selected Publications

Rickey LM, Brady SS, Sutcliffe S, Low LK, Newman DK, Wyman JF, Falke C, Rudser K, Klusaritz H, Camenga DR, James AS, Smith AL, Vaughan CP, Acevedo-Alvarez M, LaCoursiere DY; Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium.: Are Bladder-Related Knowledge and Agentic Beliefs Associated With Bladder Health? Urogynecology (Phila) 32: 1044-1052, Sep 2026.

Shimizu M, Ortiz-Polanco S, Klusaritz H, Ruggieri D, Betancourt RM.: What Can a Badge Do? A Pilot Study of the Vot-ER Badge in a Community Health Setting. Health Promot Pract Sep 2026.

Jaffe GA, Lawson S, Leach W, Kodavatiganti M, Avanzato E, Fesperman K, Klusaritz H.: A survey of health professions learners' attitudes towards social media in medical education: a substance use disorders education case study. BMC Med Educ 26: 1080, May 2026.

Smith AL, Sutcliffe S; Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium.: Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium-Update for Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU). Neurourol Urodyn 2026.

Badlis S, Klusaritz H, Tan ASL, Yu H, Dooley T, Heggs H, Collins S, Raczka G, Blickman M, DeRoche-Brown N, Feuerstein-Simon R, Reid S, Bauermeister JA, Villarruel AM, Bonett S, Glanz K, Lipman TH.: Addressing Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy through Community Engagement: A Descriptive Evaluation of the VaxUpPhillyFamilies program. J Pediatr Nurs 2026.

Dyer JL, Watson B, Reinhard CL, Klusaritz H, Serpell JA, Powell L.: Feasibility of Recruiting and Retaining Adopters From Animal Shelters for a Longitudinal Study of Mental Health. Journal of Shelter Medicine & Community Animal Health 5, 2026.

Brady SS, Camenga DR, Coyne-Beasley T, Falke C, Fitzgerald CM, Harlow BL, Kenton K, Klusaritz H, Lewis CE, Rodriguez-Ponciano DP, Rudser KD, Smith AR, Smith AL, Sutcliffe S, Wilson-Powers E, Cunningham SD; Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium.: Response to Letter and Commentary: Cross-Sectional Associations of Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Symptoms, and Emotional Support Seeking with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Bladder Health. Int Urogynecol J Dec 2025.

Klusaritz HA, Johnson K, Igarabuza L, Nguyen GT, Harmon E, Bozzi M, Cronholm PF.: Training Toward Health Justice: A Review of Community-Engaged Training in Primary Care Residency Programs in the United States. Acad Med 100: 1226-1234, Jun 2025.

Park H, Klusaritz H, Bryant-Stephens T, Localio AR, Scharfstein D, La Rose K, Fergus L, Foote P, Morales KH, Han X, Morgan AU, Apter AJ.: Off-schedule patient-reported outcomes in adults with asthma may influence research results. J Allergy Clin Immunol May 2025.

Brady SS, Klusaritz HA, Falke C, Gahagan S, Hebert-Beirne J, Hortsch SB, Kenton K, Lewis CE, Lipman TH, McGwin G, Nodora JN, Norton JM, Nuscis K, Rodriguez-Ponciano DP, Rudser KD, Sutcliffe S, Wilson-Powers E, Cunningham SD; Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium.: Ethnic and racial social identity, socioeconomic position, and women's bladder health. Soc Sci Med 2025.

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