Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD

Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Presidential Assistant Professor in Health Equity

My education and training

  • Medical School: Harvard Medical School
  • Residency: Emory University Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Nwanaji-Enwerem is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Khodasevich D, Gladish N, Shen H, Bozack AK, Daredia S, Rehkopf DH, Cardenas A. Health insurance, healthcare access, and their roles in the association between blood lead levels and epigenetic aging in United States adults , Geroscience: 2026


Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Pentzer E, Lavieri MS, Aran K, Assoumou SA, Saikawa E, Zhang Y, Napier MD, Reich J, Vernon A, Gallery R, Luhar M, Rotenstein LS, Coker A, Sawyer K, Yoon J, Menold J. Think. Build. Heal. Also, tell the story , PNAS Nexus, 5: 2026,pgag153


Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Khodasevich D, Blakley J, Galazka JM, Cardenas A. Longitudinal Blood Epigenetic Aging, DNA Methylation-Predicted Protein, and Estimated Leukocyte Proportion Trends in Two Astronauts from the Axiom Space Mission 1: An Exploratory Analysis , Genes (Basel), 17: 2026,564


Nwanaji-Enwerem U, Williams J, Forman R, Nwanaji-Enwerem JC. A "Grounded in Health" Fair: Applying Environmental Health Approaches in a Cross-Specialty Community-Based Initiative , Environ Health Insights, 20: 2026,11786302261441710


Fu X, Zhao A, Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Chong NS, Bartelli D, Jia C. Organic chemical contamination of the indoor air in outpatient clinics: spatiotemporal variation and health risks , Int J Environ Health Res: 2026


Bozack AK, Khodasevich D, Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Gladish N, Shen H, Daredia S, Needham BL, Rehkopf DH, Guasch-Ferre M, Cardenas A. Dietary fatty acids and epigenetic aging in US adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey , NPJ Aging, 12: 2025,3


Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Khodasevich D, Gladish N, Shen H, Bozack AK, Daredia S, Needham BL, Rehkopf DH, Cardenas A. The environmental chemical exposome and health insurance: Examining associations and effect modification of epigenetic aging in a representative sample of United States adults , Exposome, 6: 2025,osaf015


Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Nwanaji-Enwerem P. U.S. Federal and State Medicaid Spending: Health Policy Patterns by Political Party Leadership and Census Demographics , Int J Environ Res Public Health, 22: 2025,1074


Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. Sensory impairments and epigenetic aging: insights from self-rated hearing and vision in United States adults. , GeroScience: 2025


Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. Associations of epigenetic aging with self-rated health, access to care, and healthcare utilization in a representative sample of United States adults , Clinical Epigenetics, 17(1): 2025