PolicyLab

Cadence Bowden is a clinical research project manager at PolicyLab and Clinical Futures at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Currently, Ms. Bowden supports research focused on pediatric mental health and suicide prevention. Her work aims to support medical hospitals to improve suicide care and implement best practices. She has extensive experience with qualitative data collection and analysis, as well as mixed-methods studies. 

Prior to joining PolicyLab, Ms. Bowden worked as the community health and wellness coordinator at a multi-service agency in Philadelphia where she was charged with developing and implementing programming for various populations throughout the city. Ms. Bowden received her Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. During her graduate studies, she conducted original research examining men’s beliefs, intentions, and actions surrounding contraception and conception, and she served as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at CHOP on a study aimed at preventing risky teen driving.