Jamile Tellez Lieberman, DrPH, MPH

Dr. Jamile Tellez Lieberman graduated from her Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health in the Department of Community Health & Prevention in June 2022. Her dissertation comprised a mixed-methods study of the mental health impacts of parental deportation or the anticipation of parental deportation among U.S.-citizen, children of Mexican immigrants and the role that anti-immigrant/anti-Latino discrimination/racism may play on that pathway. She examined quantitative survey data and qualitative interviews with children as part of a larger, ambidirectional pilot study funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development called Between the Lines, for which she was the project coordinator. During her time at Drexel University, Jamile’s work has focused on Latino health and Latino immigrant health, community-based participatory research, maternal/child health and arts and health. Jamile was selected as a Global Alliance for Training in Health Equity Research (GATHER) Fellow (Doctoral Trainee, 21-22); she worked with the National Institute for Public Health of Mexico on initiatives related to COVID-19 orphanhood.

Currently, Jamile serves as the SVP of Community Engagement, Research and Health Equity and Director of the Institute for Latino Health Equity at Nueva Esperanza, Inc., a large non-profit in North Philadelphia. At Esperanza, Jamile works to strengthen the Hispanic/Latino community in the Hunting Park (HP) neighborhood, which is home to communities of color, including a large Hispanic/Latino population. She oversees Esperanza’s Housing and Economic Development (EHED) division which is responsible for community outreach and engagement on the streets. Under Jamile’s leadership, the EHED team implements anti-violence youth internships, community greening and environmental improvement initiatives, voter registration, vaccine clinics and education, local small business improvement/development, and corridor cleaning, among other things. In addition, Esperanza’s newly established Institute for Latino Health Equity is focused on conducting participatory public health research, education, programming, and advocacy to promote the well-being of HP to ensure everyone has the opportunity to live healthy, fulfilling, prosperous and vibrant lives.