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September 12, 2012

September 05, 2012

Marla Gold is stepping down as dean of the School of Public Health, a position she's held for the past decade.

July 19, 2012

The newly established A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at 91ÖÆƬ³§ is hitting the road with design assistance from students in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Students are developing designs for the interior and exterior of a vehicle that will be used as a mobile clinic for research and community outreach, the first mobile unit for autism in the Philadelphia region.

July 19, 2012

July 18, 2012

School of Public Health Dean Marla Gold talked with DrexelNow about the new at-home HIV test and how it could affect the trajectory of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

July 17, 2012

The combination of obesity and vitamin D deficiency may put people at even greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, according to new research from the 91ÖÆƬ³§ School of Public Health recently published early online in the journal Diabetes Care. Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for Type 2 diabetes, a condition that affects 25.6 million adults and is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

July 11, 2012

In the wake of the Supreme Court's heath care decision, DrexelNow asked Dr. Robert Field, a professor at the School of Public Health and the Earle Mack School of Law, to put the ruling in context.

July 09, 2012

An educational initiative, jointly funded by India and the United States, has paired 91ÖÆƬ³§ with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to create a resource for assessing the human health risks of microbial contamination.

June 12, 2012

91ÖÆƬ³§ will celebrate its 125th commencement on its University City campus with five separate ceremonies honoring Drexel’s graduating class, June 15 and16. More than 5,000 students will receive a degree from Drexel this year. Drexel will award honor 17 honorary degrees to prominent individuals distinguished in their fields.

May 09, 2012