Bio
Annette Gadegbeku, MD, is associate professor and chief, Division of Community Health in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, as well as senior associate dean of the Office of Community Health and Inclusive Excellence. Dr. Gadegbeku is also medical director, Healing Hurt People, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Dornsife School of Public Health and assistant director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center of Jefferson Health.
Her academic interests include urban and underserved community medicine, adolescent medicine, women’s health and global health. She engages students and faculty in health equity–related scholarship and service and collaborates on community stakeholders’ events.
Dr. Gadegbeku has a passion for underserved, marginalized, vulnerable and at-risk populations with a focus in harm reduction. She serves as the clinical faculty advisor for the Drexel University College of Medicine Health Outreach Project (HOP) student-run clinics and education programs including Eliza Shirley Women & Children’s Shelter, Salvation Army Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, Streetside Prevention Point, Smoking Cessation, Microgreens Outreach and Narcan Outreach Projects.
