Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:
I am pleased to inform you that after a national search, we have appointed Nicolle Strand, JD, MBE, MPH, as Director for the Center for Urban Bioethics, effective February 1, 2024. Since July 1, 2023, Professor Strand has served as Interim Director for the Center for Urban Bioethics. Professor Strand has been an integral part of the Katz School of Medicine for the past six years. She is an outstanding leader in the Center for Urban Bioethics, with a strong focus on studying anti-racism in medicine, structural racism, social determinants of health and LGBTQ+ health disparities and ethics. Additionally, Professor Strand served as Director of Equity and Culture Initiatives in the Office of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (OHEDI). In this role, she collaborated with the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Office of Medical Education to enhance faculty development and staff training programs. She has led trainings on racism in medicine and respectful LGBTQ+ care, and has taught in the Masters in Urban Bioethics program and in the MD curriculum on bioethics, health equity and structural determinants of health. She serves as the Vice Chair of the university’s Institutional Review Board and is the co-chair of the Temple Health LGBTQ+ Alliance Taskforce. She is also a member of the Ethics Committee at Temple University Health System. Prior to her appointment at Temple, she worked for the National Center for Ethics in Healthcare at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs and served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Policy and Research Analyst on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. As the director, Professor Strand will assume responsibility for overseeing the center’s operations, providing guidance to CUB’s research teams, and fostering collaborations with external stakeholders. She will work on enhancing integration and collaboration with the health system and university to amplify the school's efforts in equity, translational research and community outreach. Professor Strand will also play a pivotal role in shaping the center’s strategic direction and fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment. Please join me in congratulating Professor Strand on her appointment as director. Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS The Marjorie Joy Katz Dean Lewis Katz School of Medicine She/Her
