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Lecturer, School of Nursing University of Pennsylvania

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Adr: 418 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217
Phone: 484-522-9248
Email:marcushe@nursing.upenn.edu

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Marcus D. Henderson, MSN, RN is a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, where he teaches undergraduate psychiatric and community health nursing. He also maintains an active clinical practice as a psychiatric-mental health nurse for adolescent services at Fairmount Behavioral Health System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as the co-founder and the executive director of Up and Running Healthcare Solutions, a Philadelphia-based organization that provided nurse-led case management by community health workers and other supportive services to homeless individuals in Philadelphia. His work on health for homeless individuals and community health workers was funded by the 2017 President’s Engagement Prize from the University of Pennsylvania and has been presented at local, state, and national conferences.

For his work in the Philadelphia community, Marcus was recognized as a Community Champion for Positive Change by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation in 2018. Marcus is an elected board member of the American Nurses Association and served as a member of the Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 at the National Academy of Medicine. In 2021, Marcus was appointed to serve as a member of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and trustee of the ANA-Political Action Committee. He holds a BSN and MSN in Health Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and he also holds a certificate in Health Care Innovation from the Perelman School of Medicine. Marcus is currently a PhD student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.