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The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative

Improving health in cities

Key Research Findings

Read about the UHC's cutting-edge research on urban health challenges, including issues of climate change, built environment, social determinants of urban health, aging, and more.

What is Urban Health?

91Ƭ's Urban Health Collaborative (UHC) at the Dornsife School of Public Health aims to increase scientific knowledge and public awareness of urban health.

Urban health is a global challenge, and the UHC is committed to spreading widely the ideas and information that can make people’s lives healthier.

About the UHC
Urban Health Collaborative Annual Report
The Urban Health Collaborative celebrated its tenth year in 2025. Review our recent accomplishments.
Urban Health Summer Institute
Join us June 22-26 for our annual summer institute. Half-day and full-day courses (some in-person, some hybrid) are taught by Drexel experts.

Courses include statistics, GIS, AI, grant process, and more.

Upcoming Events

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2025-26 Invited Speaker Series
Join us this year to hear from leaders in the field of Urban Health.

Latest UHC News

Mariana Arcaya speaking at the UHC's Invited Speaker Series 10 Years of Participatory Action Research To Promote Healthier Neighborhoods, With Mariana Arcaya 
On April 8th, the UHC hosted Dr. Mariana Arcaya, Germeshausen Professor of Urban Planning and Public Health at MIT. Her talk, “10 Years of Participatory Action Research to Promote Healthier Neighborhoods,” presented ways to effectively execute PAR within the context of addressing public health issues.
UHC Presenters at DEGS UHC Doctoral Students Work on Display - And Takes First Prize - At DEGS Poster Showcase  
On April 14th, The Office of Graduate Studies and the Drexel Graduate Students Association held their annual Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars (DEGS) poster showcase. Among those accepted were 6 doctoral students of the Urban Health Collaborative, and one of whom, Shreya Patel, won the first prize for her research!
Class learning from UHC Educators Drexel Undergrads Use UHC Data to Apply Their Education to Real-World Use Cases 
Earlier this year, as a part of undergraduate courses available through Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health, students used data developed by the UHC's Research and Data Core to take part in an annual Data Challenge.

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