Winter Weather Update
Students and colleagues please check your jefferson.edu email for more information.
[posted 2/23/26 6:00 p.m.]
Contact Information
901 Walnut Street
10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-4811
215-923-7583 fax
Adjunct Instructor
Research & Practice Interests
Health disparity
Health equity
Racism and discrimination in healthcare delivery
Cancer, and chronic disease
Interactions among environment, race assignment, and social determinants of health
Mixed-methods, survey design, and data collection for vulnerable, marginalized and historically traumatized populations
Education
PhD, Population Health Science, Jefferson College of Population Health
MPH, Jefferson College of Population Health
Publications
- Manifestations of Structural Racism and Inequities in Cardiovascular Health Across US Neighborhoods
- Perceptions of Smoking Stigma Among African Americans: A Qualitative Study
- Does Perceived Racism Affect Prostate Cancer Screening Rates and Patient-Provider Shared Discussions Among Black and White Men?
- Implementing and Evaluating a Fellowship for Community-Based Physicians and Physician Assistants: Leadership, Practice Transformation, and Precepting
- Evaluation of a quality improvement experience for family medicine clerkship students
Teaching
Cultural Humility & Cultural Competence
Foundations of Public Health
Fundamentals of Statistics for Practice
Biography
Dr. Crittendon currently teaches in the in the College of Population Health. She has 25 years of experience working for a major health insurance company in the Philadelphia area, and is a healthcare researcher in the field of Population Health Science. Dr. Crittendon has experience working in collaborative quantitative and qualitative studies involving primary and secondary data related to diabetes, lung cancer screening, prostate cancer, pulmonary critical care device evaluation, and immigrant quality of life in Philadelphia for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant and Multicultural Affairs (2015).