Michelle R. Munyikwa, MD, PhD
About Michelle R. Munyikwa, MD, PhD
Titles
Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases
Awards and Honors
2021, Gail Morrison Medical Student Research Paper Prize, University of Pennsylvania
2011-2021, Gamble Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (full tuition)
2018, Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
2016, Martin Luther King Community Involvement Student Award
2011, Phi Beta Kappa, College of William & Mary
2010, UNCF-Merck Undergraduate Science and Research Scholarship Award
Leadership and Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Anthropological Association
American College of Physicians
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
National Med-Peds Resident Assocation
Society of Medical Anthropologists
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Anthropology; Biochemistry - College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Medical Degree
MD/PhD - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - University of Pennsylvania Health System/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fellow - Health Equity Advancement Lab (HEAL), Penn Center for Health Equity Advancement, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2023
Munyikwa M, Bonilla Martinez A, Lowenstein D, Advani P, Meehan P, Klusaritz H, Thompson L, Aysola J. Engaging Medical, Nursing, and Social Work Team-Based Response to Social Needs. NEJM Catalyst. (2023, Jun); 4(7): 1-15.
Munyikwa M, Hammond C.K., Langmaid L, Ratner L. Growing Up Can be Hard to Do: Reimagining Structurally Supportive Pediatric-to-Adult Transitions Rights-Based Perspective. Health and Human Rights Journal. (2023, Feb); 25(1): 51-65.
2022
Munyikwa M. Locating Refuge: Racialized Displacement and the Spatial Politics of Belonging. Humanity Journal. (2022, Jan); 12(3): n/a.
2021
Amutah C*, Greenidge K*, Mante A*, Munyikwa M*, Surya S.L.*, Higginbotham E, Jones D.S., Lavizzo-Mourey R, Roberts D, Tsai J, and Aysola J (*co-Misrepresenting Race — The Role of Medical Schools in Propagating Physician Bias. New England Journal of Medicine. (2021, Mar); 384(9): 872-878.
Thompson L, Munyikwa M, Aysola J. ‘We Are Only as Safe as Our Most Vulnerable Citizens’: Healthcare Systems’ Role in Reducing Exacerbating Social Inequities Before, During, and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. HPHR. (2021, May); 30(n/a): n.a.
2020
Munyikwa, M.R.. (De-)Racializing Refugee Medicine.. Science, Technology, and Human Values. (2020, Sep); 45(5): 829-847.
2019
Zeidan, A.J., Khatri, U.G., Munyikwa, M.R., Barden, A., & Samuels-Kalow, M.. Barriers to accessing acute care for newly arrived refugees.. The Western Emergency Medicine. (2019, Oct); 20(6): 842-850.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2024
Munyikwa, M.R.. (2024, April 24). Trauma-Informed Emergency Care for Immigrants & Refugees: A Primer Oral Presentation presented at: Grand Rounds of Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Medicine; Philadelphia, PA.
Munyikwa, M.R.. (2024, March 25). Reconfiguring the Ethical Imagination in Clinical Practice & Medical Education Oral Presentation presented at: Invited Johns Hopkins Berman Institute for Bioethics; Baltimore, MD.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2020
Munyikwa, M.R.. (2020). Health.. In L.Pedersen, L.Cliggett (Ed.), SAGE Handbook for Cultural Anthropology (pp. n.a.). Philadelphia: SAGE.