Chris Pernell, MD, MPH, FACPMCHIEF STRATEGIC INTEGRATION AND HEALTH EQUITY OFFICER, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Chris Pernell
Dr. Pernell is a dynamic physician leader and social change agent. In her public health practice, her focus is health justice, community-based advocacy, and population-wide health promotion and disease prevention. Recently, she joined University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey as the first-ever Chief Strategic Integration and Health Equity Officer. She oversees a portfolio which includes population health, strategic planning, community affairs and the human experience.
Dr. Pernell was named a 2020 Public Health Hero by NJBiz. She has leveraged her lived experience and expertise as a public health physician and health equity champion as a contributor across television, radio and print media and regularly speaks at professional symposia and public forums on topics in the public interest.
Dr. Pernell received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (Neuroscience) from Princeton University, Doctor of Medicine from the Duke University School of Medicine and Master of Public Health from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. She completed the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health General Preventive Medicine Residency, is a fellow of ACPM and holds an appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Pernell was named a 2020 Public Health Hero by NJBiz. She has leveraged her lived experience and expertise as a public health physician and health equity champion as a contributor across television, radio and print media and regularly speaks at professional symposia and public forums on topics in the public interest.
Dr. Pernell received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (Neuroscience) from Princeton University, Doctor of Medicine from the Duke University School of Medicine and Master of Public Health from the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. She completed the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health General Preventive Medicine Residency, is a fellow of ACPM and holds an appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.