Dr. Wanjikũ FM Njoroge is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Program Director of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Fellowship Training Program), Faculty at the PolicyLab and Medical Director of the Young Child Clinic (YCC) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Bachelors from Columbia University, M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine. General Psychiatry Residency Training at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, and Child Psychiatry fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center. Completed further postgraduate training programs in the Harris Infant Psychiatry Fellowship, Klingenstein NIMH research fellowship and Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at the Yale Child Study Center, as well as a Solnit fellow at Zero to Three. Has received multiple research development awards from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD), and University of Pennsylvania Provost Award. Her research areas of focus in health equity revolve around prevention, promotion, and early intervention in early childhood.
