Anne M. Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Dr. Teitelman teaches graduate courses on research and health promotion to reduce disparities.  She is a frequent guest lecturer on promotion of health among youth, sexual risk reduction for adolescents, and partner violence.

Dr. Teitelman’s current research, funded by NIH, capitalizes on advances in brain science that enable understanding of how adolescents make decisions. Using MRIs and portable Functional Near Infrared Spectrometers housed in a lab at Penn Nursing, Dr. Teitelman and a Penn clinical neuroscientist are analyzing brain patterns of young women making decisions about their sexual health. They are exploring whether the brain patterns of high-risk young women differ from those of lower risk women when making these decisions.

Through the Everhealthier Women mobile web app, developed by Dr. Teitelman and colleagues, women track cancer screenings and prevention behaviors through the web and text messaging. The bi-lingual app (English and Spanish) includes information on health issues and links to online resources. In 2013, Everhealthier Women was named First Place Winner in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Reducing Cancer Among Women of Color” challenge. With funding from Health and Human Services and a private donation, Dr. Teitelman continues to study the app and has developed a second app called Now I Know focused on cervical cancer prevention.

Dr. Teitelman serves as the nurse practitioner at Penn’s United Community Clinic, a part-time student-run clinic with interprofessional practice teams of nursing, medical, social work, and dental students. The clinic provides services to low-income residents and serves as a training site for nursing undergraduate students, nurse practitioners, and other students. 

Students and community members are key members of Dr. Teitelman’s research team. The students she hires as research assistants bring an important generational perspective to her studies. Dr. Teitelman engages community members to serve on advisory boards for her studies, which provides students with opportunities to interact with and learn from community members.  

Dr. Teitelman is also engaged in Global Women’s Health research. She has collaborated with researchers in Thailand, Botswana, and South Africa on understanding and preventing HIV and gender-based violence. 

• Outstanding HIV/AIDS Researcher 2013, Penn Center for AIDS Research Community Advisory Board 
• Fellow, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners  
• Board Member, International Council on Women’s Health Issues