Shimrit Keddem - Faculty Biosketch

Shimrit Keddem, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.U.S.A.

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Center for Public Health

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Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

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Center for Health Equity, Research, & Promotion (CHERP)
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Email:
shimrit.keddem@uphs.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 9 B.A. 17 (Psychology) c
2a McGill University, 1999.
21 d M.U.S.A. 1e (Spatial Analytics) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
21 a M.P.H 1a (Public Health) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2017.
21 a Ph.D. 1b (Social Welfare) c
33 University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
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Selected Publications

13b Moneme AN, Syvyk S, Bakillah E, Keddem S, Schapira MM, Chen AT, Morales C, Goldshore M, Morris JB, Kelz RR: Barriers to and Facilitators of a Novel Preprofessional Patient Navigation Program in Surgery. Journal for Surgical Research May 2025.

152 Keddem S, Sorrentino A, Agha AZ, Colt SF, Dixon T, Caceres O, Van Epps P, Beste LA: Exploring PrEP Uptake in Young Women Veterans: Insights from a Detailed Chart Review within the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2025.

16f Ye WWQ, Saxena A, Leigh KA, Golper TA, Gould ER, Abra G, Lea J, Glickman J, Keddem S, Brensinger C, Perl J, Chan CT, Reddy YNV: Impact of a Longitudinal Virtual Education Series on Home Dialysis Education: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2025.

12f Baumrin, E, Cronholm, PF, Kearney, MD, Mengesha, M, Cesar,LG, Keddem, S, Schapira, MM, Lee, SL, Loren, AW, Gelfand, JM: Outcomes of Importance to Patients Living With Cutaneous Chronic Graft-vs-Host Disease. JAMA Dermatology 2025.

106 Thatipelli, S, Grabill, M, Harrell, K, Bhadra-Heintz, N, Solomon, S, Keddem, S, Momplaisir, F: Integrating HIV Prevention into Routine Health Obstetric and Gynecologic Care. AIDS Care 2025.

fe Lee, NS, Keddem, S, Sorrentino, AE, Jenkins, KA, Long, JA: Health Equity in the Veterans Health Administration From Veterans’ Perspectives by Race and Sex. JAMA Network Open 2024.

157 Ginzberg, SP, Gasior, JA, Passman, JE, Stein, J, Keddem, S, Soegaard JM, Finn, CB, Myers, JS, Kelz, RR, Shea, JA, Wachtel, H: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Second Victim Phenomenon in Surgery: The Impact of Adverse Events on Surgeons and Trainees. JAMA Network Open 2024.

116 Keddem, S, Broderick, K, Van Epps, P, Roberts, CB, Chhatre, S, Beste, LA: Brief Communication: The cohort of women prescribed HIV PrEP at the Veterans Health Administration. AIDS Research and Therapy 2024.

12a Harris, RA, Kearney, M, Keddem, S, Calderbank, T, Tomczuk, L, Clapp, J, Perrone, J, Kranzler, HR, Long, JA, Mandell, DS: Organization of primary care and early MOUD discontinuation. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2024.

16e Keddem, S, Ayele, R, Ersek, M, Murray, A, Griffith, M, Morawej, S, Kutney-Lee, A: Barriers and Facilitators to Goals of Care Conversations with Veteran Residents of Community Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 71(8), August 2023 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18365.

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