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Joseph Nwadiuko, MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP
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- Assistant Professor, Medicine | University of Pennsylvania 43
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- Health Systems Strengthening | Health Workforce | HIV/AIDS | Migration | Non-communicable disease | Refugee health 12
Languages: English (native), Spanish (fluent), French (proficient), Arabic (basic)
2 18Bio statement
2 1bcI am an internal medicine physician, health economist, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. My focus involves global health and health systems with a focus on immigration and incarceration. I have been published in JAMA, JAMA Network Open, The Lancet, and Health Affairs. I have spoken at the State Department, USAID, the Department of Homeland Security, and have been a consultant for the World Bank.
2 28Recent global health projects
2 133I currently am working on a series of projects using administrative data to look at economic predictors of human resources for health migration and return migration across low- and middle-income countries. I am also looking more broadly a health labor markets and their relationship to migration.
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I also am part of a part of a work group of physicians and lawyers that examine health outcomes and health care quality within immigration detention facilities in the United States. This has resulted in a series of papers that have been published
Selected publications
2 159Dekker A, Zeidan A, Nwadiuko J, Jordan E, Parmar P (2024). A call for increased transparency and accountability of health care outcomes in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. The Lancet Regional Health–Americas 36
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Nwadiuko J, Switzer GE, Stern JL, Day C, Paina L (2021). South African physician emigration and return migration, 1991–2017: a trend analysis. Health Policy and Planning 2021, czaa193.
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Nwadiuko J, Nishi A, Terp S, Dekker A, Vargas Bustamante A, Parmar P (2023). Solitary Confinement Use in Immigration Detention Before and After the Beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38 (7), 1789-1790
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Lue N, Nwadiuko J, Parmar P, Zeidan A (2023). “Trends in Sexual Assault Against Detainees in US Immigration Detention Centers, 2018-2022”. JAMA Jan 24;329(4):338-339
Nwadiuko J, Varadaraj V, Ranjit A (2018). International Medical Graduates—A Critical Component of the Global Health Workforce. JAMA. 2018;319(8):765-766
2 f4Nwadiuko J, Sander L (2017). Simplifying Care: When is the Treatment Burden Too Much for Patients Living in Poverty? BMJ Quality and Safety, 27:484–7
2 113Nwadiuko J, Switzer G, Stern J (2016). Giving Back: A mixed methods study of the contributions of US-Based Nigerian physicians to their home country. Globalization and Health; 12(1):33
2 114Nagarajan, N., Smart, B. and Nwadiuko, J. (2015). Diaspora engagement in humanitarian emergencies and beyond. The Lancet, 386(9998), pp.1015-1016.
1 2eLast Updated: 28 February 2025
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