Silvia Canelón

Silvia Canelón works as a data analyst in the Penn Medicine Center for Health Justice. She is formally trained as a biomedical engineer and informaticist and enjoys conducting research that leverages large complex medical data sets and data science to study population health outcomes. Her current work uses electronic health record (EHR) data and geospatial analyses to explore how the neighborhood environment and access to urban nature can impact the health of individuals in Philadelphia. 

Prior to joining the Center for Health Justice, Silvia developed data mining methods to extract meaningful information from the EHR and study health outcomes and disparities in pregnant populations. She is particularly interested in research that combines biomedical data science with open data sources in ways that prioritize health equity in her communities. Silvia is also a data educator who values the partnership between open-source tools and data literacy as a way to build power and effect change.  

Silvia holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate in biomedical engineering from Purdue University.