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April 12, 2016

Dornsife student-led programing engages Drexel campus around themes of social and environmental justice during National Public Health Week.

April 11, 2016

Population Spotlight Speaker highlights the utility of open data, emerging technologies, and novel predictive analytics to improve public health and reduce health disparities

April 08, 2016

A team of researchers from the USDA’s Forest Service and 91ÖÆƬ³§ used naturally-growing tree moss to monitor the air of Portland, Oregon, and provide an accurate map of chemicals found in the air in different parts of the city.

April 05, 2016

New York Academy of Medicine's Jose Pagan, PhD, says public health pros must learn to to frame social determinants of health in economic terms

March 17, 2016

From the time she arrived in Philadelphia two years ago, Rosie Mae Henson, MPH '16, quickly became involved in activities in the Dornsife School of Public Health as well as the larger Drexel community. Henson is currently conducting her Community-Based Master's Project (CBMP) with the Department of Health and Human Services at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH). As a health policy intern, Henson is assisting with a range of concurrent projects in policy topical areas including ACA, Women's Health, Family Planning, Million Hearts, and HIV/AIDS.

March 14, 2016

Janna Ataiants, MPA, a third year doctoral student in Community Health and Prevention, has received a multi-year predoctoral fellowship funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

March 14, 2016

March 10, 2016

Dornsife School of Public Health welcomed Angela Diaz, MD, PhD, MPH, Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center for the March Population Health Spotlight Series talk. Dr. Diaz discussed the value of using an integrated health care system for adolescents.

March 09, 2016

Nearly 30 participants from diverse scientific backgrounds – physicians, social scientists, geographers, engineers, urban planners, architects, epidemiologists –  attended the second meeting of the Network for Urban Health in Latin America and the Caribbean. The network was launched in Philadelphia in September of 2015 in the context of the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health . The second meeting was held March 7 and 8 at the foothills of the Andes mountains in Santiago, Chile.

March 01, 2016

To date, only one city in the United States has passed a soda tax: Berkeley California. But Mayor Jim Kenney reportedly hopes to have Philadelphia soon join the west coast city in taxing sugary beverages.