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December 20, 2016

A Drexel public health researcher used a population health view to describe disparities in the death of males in the United States due to legal intervention. He found that black males are almost three times as likely to die as their white peers.

December 19, 2016

As we renew our commitment to protect and promote the health of the public in 2017, here’s a look back at some of the milestones and proud moments we covered in Dornsife SPH publications in 2016.

December 19, 2016

On December 1, students and faculty from Drexel and other area universities gathered to reflect on implications and impact of the presidential election for the practice of public health. Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health, moderated the discussion – charging a panel of faculty and students from the school to analyze what the election outcome may mean for the field and what the public health community should be thinking about and doing together.

December 14, 2016

As an intern in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Office of Government Affairs, Community Relations and Advocacy, Daniel Kinder, MPH Community Health and Prevention ’17, had the opportunity to bring skills from the classroom into the community, and make an impact on a real-time project with great potential.

December 14, 2016

Shannon P. Marquez, PhD, MEng, associate vice provost at 91ÖÆƬ³§ and director of the Dornsife School of Public Health Office of Global Health, was recognized recently by the University of Cienfuegos for her role in strengthening educational partnerships between the United States and Cuba, specifically in Cienfuegos. 

December 14, 2016

Evelyn Arana, MS, DrPH candidate in Community Health and Prevention, was recently accepted into the Health and Disability Fellowship program for the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

December 12, 2016

T. Jibri Douglas, MPH ’17, has been selected as a 2017-2018 Postgraduate Health Administration Fellow for Main Line Health, a not-for-profit health system serving portions of Philadelphia and its western suburbs.

December 12, 2016

A 91ÖÆƬ³§ study into sentiments toward the HPV vaccine on Twitter found that significantly more tweets post positive sentiments toward vaccines, such as the value of prevention and protection, than not.

December 08, 2016

As a part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Forward Promise” webinar series, 91ÖÆƬ³§’s John Rich, MD,a professor of Health Management and Policy in the Dornsife School of Public Health and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, will discuss a disturbing trend in how many people perceive violence experienced by boys and young men of color: That the victims are at fault.

December 08, 2016

In children on the spectrum, anxiety is often masked by the symptoms of autism. But a new variant to a standard anxiety screening method has now proven effective in separating the two and leading to important diagnoses.