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Dr. Sandra Bloom

Sandra Bloom, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy
Expertise public health behavioral health

Bloom is a board-certified psychiatrist and author who speaks nationally and internationally about the impact of traumatic experience on individuals, families, organizations and cultures. From 1980-2001, she served as founder and executive director of the Sanctuary programs, inpatient psychiatric programs for the treatment of trauma-related emotional disorders. The Sanctuary Model® is now being applied in residential treatment programs for children, domestic violence shelters, group homes, homeless shelters and is being used in other settings as a method of organizational development.

Bloom is a past-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and author of Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies and co-author of Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility. She is currently working on a book that focuses on the impact of organizational stress on social service and mental health environments and the Sanctuary Model as an antidote to recurrent stress and systemic dysfunction. She is also the principal investigator at Drexel's Center for Hunger-Free Communities. 


Contact

267.359.6012 sandra.l.bloom@drexel.edu

Media Inquiries

Greg Richter

gdr33@drexel.edu 215-895-2614

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Students Are Stressed Out. Our Schools Must Do Better
May 6, 2024
Sandra Bloom, MD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a May 6 Philadelphia Inquirer opinion article about ways that schools can help in healing students’ trauma.
A New Book Pays Tribute to Philadelphia Women Whose Tattoos Tell Stories of Trauma, Hope, and Healing
Oct 13, 2021
Sandra Bloom, MD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in an Oct. 13 Philadelphia Inquirer article about a new book about how tattoos can be a way to tell stories of trauma and healing.
Being ‘Stronger Than Hate’ Means Addressing The Trauma That Can Lead To Violence
Apr 26, 2019
Sandra Bloom, MD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted an April 26 WESA-90.5 (NPR-Pittsburgh) story about how to address trauma that leads to violence and hate.
Baseball Documentary Examines Changes in Camden 
May 31, 2016
Sandra Bloom, MD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was mentioned in a May 31 New Jersey Herald story about a new documentary on baseball that also looks at change in Camden, New Jersey.
 School Counselors Take on At-Home Trauma in the Classroom 
May 4, 2016
Sandra Bloom, MD, associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was featured in a May 4 WHYY/Newsworks story about school counselors considering at-home trauma to help students.
How Art Therapy May Help Children Raised in Poverty, Violence, and Other Trauma
Dec 20, 2015
The Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services Center was featured in a Dec. 20 Philadelphia Inquirer story about its art therapy program. The story quoted Center Director Patricia Gerrity, PhD, a professor and associate dean for community programs in the College of Nursing and Health Professions; Lindsay Edwards, associate dean for community health in the College of Nursing and Health Professions and 11th Street’s director of creative arts therapy; Sandra Bloom, MD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health; and Daniel Taylor, MD, an associate professor in the College of Medicine and director of community pediatrics and child advocacy at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
Caring for caregivers
Sep 23, 2015
Sandra Bloom, MD, associate professor in the School of Public Health, was interviewed on WHYY’s “Radio Times” on Sept. 23 about a new documentary sheds light on the emotional trauma that professional caregivers often feel from working with traumatized people.
Kennedy hospital shooting may pose long-term trauma for nurses and doctors
Aug 31, 2014
Sandra Bloom, MD, an associate professor in the School of Public Health, was quoted in a Courier-Post story on Aug. 31 about the effects of trauma on health care workers affected by shootings in the hospital.
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