Terri H. Lipman, the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of Nutrition and professor of nursing of children, has been appointed for a five-year term as assistant dean for Community Engagement at Penn’s School of Nursing.

As the interim assistant dean, Dr. Lipman worked tirelessly to expand community engagement within Penn Nursing’s curriculum, its research and its practice mission. She has developed and strengthened collaborations throughout the entire University of Pennsylvania system and the city of Philadelphia, and with the School’s national partners. Dr. Lipman has been a strong mentor to faculty and students alike, resulting in the advancement of community engagement content within Penn Nursing courses and in research proposals.

As a result of her efforts, a Penn Nursing student, Jodi Feinberg, Nu’15, was selected for an inaugural President’s Engagement Prize (Almanac March 31, 2015). In partnership with the Global Health Sub-Committee, Dr. Lipman is working to develop health concepts and competencies across the School’s curriculum in both community engagement and global health.

Dr. Lipman serves as co-chair of the Community Engagement Sub-Committee for the development of a new strategic plan for the School of Nursing. She is the associate program director of the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, senior fellow in the Center for Public Health Initiatives, co-chair of the faculty advisory board of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships and a nurse practitioner in the division of endocrinology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition, she has been selected to co-chair the Health Professionals Sub-group for the national Anchor Institutions Task Force. Dr. Lipman leads a program of research related to children with endocrine disorders. She has published more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and monographs and has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally.

Her honors and awards include being the inaugural recipient of the Norma M. Lang Distinguished Award for Scholarly Practice and Policy (Almanac September 18, 2012), the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (Almanac April 9, 2002) and the Excellence in Nursing Research Award from the Society of Pediatric Nurses.