SHARON J. HERRING, MD, MPH

PaTH Role: Temple Site Principal Investigator

Institution

Temple University School of Medicine

Profile

Sharon Herring, M.D., MPH, is an associate professor of medicine, public health, and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Temple University, where she also directs the Program for Maternal Health Equity in the Center for Urban Bioethics. She is a board-certified internist who specializes in obesity medicine and has spent the last 15 years researching optimal strategies for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease risk factors (e.g., obesity, hypertension) in Black and Latina women and birthing people. She has been the principal investigator on grants funded by the National Institutes of Health, PCORI, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and America’s Essential Hospitals, among others.

Education

MS, Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2008

Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2008

Residency, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2006

Internship, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 2003

MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2002

BS, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1997