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Reimagining Health in Cities: Challenges and New Directions

About the 2019 Urban Health Symposium

Today鈥檚 cities face many challenges, including climate change, rising inequality, and health disparities. Yet urban environments offer optimum opportunities for the development of innovative programs and policies that can improve population health.

The 2019 Drexel Urban Health Symposium brought together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to spark conversations and new ideas about how to turn evidence into action, share creative methods and solutions, and stimulate debate among participants from diverse perspectives and fields.

Topics Included:

  • Addressing urban health crises and disaster preparedness
  • Perspectives of urban health leaders
  • Place-based approaches to health
  • Innovations in data collection and analysis for research
  • The role of cities in creating changes in population health
  • Urban design and action strategies to improve health
  • Urbanization, migration and displacement

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Symposium Location

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Dornsife School of Public Health
Nesbitt Hall
3215 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

The poster session and reception covered a broad range of research topics related to urban health and provide an informal setting to discuss the themes of the symposium.

Poster Session Location

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Bossone Research Center
(Lobby and 3rd floor atrium level)
3140 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Poster Sessions

To download a PDF of the posters, please click here.

Evaluating Interventions

1. 鈥淪econdhand Smoke (SHS) Incursions in Two NYC Subsidized Housing Settings: New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and Private Sector Buildings鈥
Elle Anastasiou, BS, Albert Tovar, BS, Emily Gill, BS, Melanie Baker, MPH, Katarzyna 鈥淜asia鈥 Wyka, PhD, Terry Gordon, PhD, Lorna E. Thorpe, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: New York University School of Medicine

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4. 鈥淓valuating the health effects of urban upgrading interventions in informal settlements: a systematic review (2012-2018)鈥
Rosie Mae Henson, MPH, PhD(c), Ana Ortigoza, MS, MD, PhD, Kevin Martinez, MD, Gina Lovasi, MPH, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

Place-Based Research and Initiatives

5. 鈥淏light Surveillance for Public Health: Using 311 Data to Target Interventions鈥
Jessica Athens, PhD, MS, Nupur Chaudhury, MUP, MPH, Mark Zezza, PhD, MA, David Sandman, PhD, MPA
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: New York State Health Foundation

6. 鈥淧opulation-Based Measures of Exposure to Violence Are Associated with Mental Health, While Proximal Violent Crime Incidents Are Not鈥
Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH, Rennie Joshi, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

7. 鈥淔easibility of measuring adverse community experiences as indicators of community-level trauma: a systematic review鈥
Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH, Randy Sell, ScD, Ana Martinez-Donate, PhD, Brent Langellier, PhD, MA, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Yvonne Michael, ScD, SM
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

8. 鈥淎n Overview of the West Philly Promise Neighborhood Initiative鈥
Erikka Gilliam, MS, MPH, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, F茅lice L锚-Scherban, PhD, Kelley Traister, MSW, Maggie Beverly, MPH, Irene Headen, PhD, Matthew Jannetti, MSPPM, Andrew Stutzman, MS, Dai Meeks, Samantha Joseph, MPH, DrPH(c)
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

9. 鈥淐reating a comprehensive resource directory for children and families in West Philly Promise Neighborhood鈥
Maggie Beverly, MPH, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, F茅lice L锚-Scherban, PhD, Kelley Traister, MSW, Leah Lombardi, BS, Dai Meeks
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

10. 鈥淢ap the Gap: Addressing Urban Trauma in Mantua, PA Via Human-Centered Design, Interdisciplinarity, and Mixed-Methods Translational Research鈥
Samantha Stein, Diana Nicholas, RA, AIA, NCARB, Yvonne Michael, ScD, SM, Kristin Giordano, MPH, Thanh My Nguyen
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: University of Pennsylvania

11. 鈥淪urveillance of urban policy action related to social determinants of health at the city level鈥
Jennifer Kolker, MPH, Amy Confair, MPH, Katherine Castro, MPH(c), Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

12. 鈥淭he role of school segregation in child obesity disparities鈥
Nuha Mahmood, BS, Brisa S谩nchez, PhD, Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh, ScD, Mika Matsuzaki
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: University of Michigan

13. 鈥淯nderstanding Menstrual Hygiene Management Among Adolescents in Indian Urban Slums鈥
Tanya Dhingra, MPH, Heather Murphy, PhD, PEng
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Temple University

Built environment

14. 鈥淎 comparison of first-time Citi Bike members to New York City cyclists, 2013-2018鈥
Aldo Crossa, MSc, Kathleen H Reilly, PhD, Shu Meir Wang, PhD, Sze Yan Liu, PhD, Anne Krassner, MS, Sungwoo Lim, DrPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

15. 鈥淒eterminants of residential preferences related to built and social environments and concordance between neighborhood characteristics and preferences鈥
Jingjing Li, PhD, Amy Auchincloss, PhD, Daniel Rodriguez, PhD, Kari Moore, MS, Ana Diez Roux, PhD, Brisa Sanchez, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

16. 鈥淔ield validation of two food outlet data sources used to characterize the food environments in New York City鈥
Aldo Crossa, MSc, Ryan Gardner-Cook, MA, Amarilis Cespedes, PhD, Sze Yan Liu, PhD, Sungwoo Lim, PhD, L. Hannah Gould, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

17. 鈥淐haracterizing Smoking-related Litter in Public Parks in Philadelphia鈥
Russell McIntire, PhD MPH, Ashley Lipshaw, MPH(c)
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University

18. 鈥淗ow do low-income ethnic families with young children use parks? Using latent class analysis to understand types of park use and family characteristics鈥
Jing-Huei Huang, Med, Myron Floyd, PhD, Oriol Marquet, PhD, Claudia Alberico, MS, Elizabeth Mazak, MS, J. Aaron Hipp, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: North Carolina State University

19. Built environment and physical activity among youth: Findings from Mexico City鈥

Tahmeed Tureen, BS, Elizabeth FS Roberts, PhD, Martha M Tellez-Rojo, PhD, Brisa N Sanchez, PhD

Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health

Climate, air pollution, and environmental exposures

20. 鈥淪olutions at the nexus of Climate Change and Health for Cities鈥
Debarati Majumdar Narayan, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: The Pew Charitable Trusts

21. 鈥淯nderstanding Hurricane Mar铆a鈥檚 Impact on Public Health in Puerto Rico鈥
Mislael Valent铆n-Cort茅s, BA, Dana Thomas, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health

22. 鈥淪ocial Susceptibility to Multiple Air Pollutants in Cardiovascular Disease鈥
Jane Clougherty, ScD, MSc, Jamie Humphrey, PhD, MPH, Ellen Kinnee, MS, Laura Kubzansky, PhD, MPH, Colleen Reid, PhD, MPH, Leslie McClure; PhD, MS, Lucy Robinson; PhD, MA
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health

23. 鈥淒isentangling impacts of multiple nitrogen dioxide sources across Philadelphia鈥
Sheila Tripathy, PhD, Paige Williams, MPH, Lucia Lavalle, Leah Schinasi, PhD, Shannon Capps, PhD, Jane E. Clougherty, ScD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

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25. 鈥淒ifferential food, water and animal exposures reported by Pennsylvania Salmonella and Campylobacter case-patients in urban and rural areas, 2011-2016.鈥
Erica Smith, PhD, MPH, Esther Chernak, MD, MPH, Alison Evans, ScD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health
Changing Cities

Changing cities

26. 鈥淭rends in transit use, walking to transit, and ridesharing between 2009 and 2017 in the US and its major metropolitan areas鈥
David Berrigan, PhD MPH, Calvin Tribby, PhD MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: National Cancer Institute

27. 鈥淐hanges in physical activity supportive environments and changes in small-area sociodemographic composition in US urban areas: a bi-directional analysis鈥
Pedro Gullon, MD, PhD, Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, Jana Hirsch, PhD, Andrew Rundle, PhD, Julia D铆ez, MsC, Philip Hurvitz, PhD, Insu Koh, PhD, Gina S. Lovasi, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

28. 鈥淎ging in a Gentrifying Harlem鈥
Saakshi Kakar, BS, Mubarak Sanni, Isabella Greco, Justin McIntosh
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Wesleyan University

29. 鈥淐hange in Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Among New York City Adults: New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2004 and 2013-14鈥
Rania Kanchi, MPH, Sharon Perlman, MPH, Bahman Tabaei, Adeiyewunmi Osinubi, Lorna Thorpe, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: NYU Langone Health

30. 鈥淐hanging Neighborhoods, Changing Health? An Ecological Analysis of Gentrification and Neighborhood Level Health - New York City, 2002-2018鈥
Karen Alroy, DVM, MPH, Sze Yan Liu, PhD, MPH, Michael Sanderson, MS, Aldo Crossa, MSc, L. Hannah Gould, PhD, MBA, Sungwoo Lim, DrPH, MS
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: CDC and NYC DOHMH

Special populations

31. 鈥淗ousing Needs of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Families Living in Philadelphia鈥
Paul Turcotte, MPH, Lindsay Shea, MS, DrPH, Mimi Wong, LCSW, Kate Verstreate, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: AJ Drexel Autism Insitute

32. 鈥淐ommunity Needs of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Families Living in Philadelphia鈥
Mimi Wong, LCSW, Lindsay Shea, MS, DrPH, Paul Turcotte, MPH, Derek Green, JD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: AJ Drexel Autism Institute

33. 鈥淪caling of drug fatalities in the Unites States鈥
Pricila Mullachery, MPH PhD, Usama Bilal, MD MPH PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

34. 鈥"Anything Could Happen" How Perceived HIV Risk Influences PrEP Initiation Among Women Who Inject Drugs in Philadelphia鈥
Eliza Ziegler, BA, Marisa Felsher, MPH, PhD(c), Jade McKnight, MPH, Alexis Roth, PhD, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

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36. 鈥淥ngoing Pilot Study on the Use of Doxycycline as Prophylaxis for Syphilis in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men鈥
Heather Conway, BS, Zsofia Szep, MD, Shara Epstein, MD, Michele Kutzler, PhD, Edward Gracely, PhD, Margaret O'Connor, MS, MD/PhD student, Nguyen K. Tran, MPH, PhD(c), Seth Welles, ScD, PhD
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37. 鈥淨ualitative Assessment to Understand the Knowledge Associated with Hepatitis B Among Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers in Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, PA鈥
Catherine Freeland, MPH, Nga Vu, Tracy Nguyen, Nancy Nguyen, Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, Tran Huynh, PhD, MPH, CIH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Hepatitis B Foundation

38. 鈥淧revalence and Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease New York City Adults, 2013-14鈥
Sharon Perlman, MPH, Linda Wong, MD, MPH, Claudia Chernov, MPH, Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH, Lorna Thorpe, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

39. Ruwais UN-Planned: A Public Health and Territorial Intervention鈥
Faris Abuzeid, BArch / MSc
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Faris Abuzeid + Associates (FA+A)
Innovative Research Methodology

Innovative research methodology

40. 鈥淐ity-level measures of health, health determinants, and equity to foster population health improvement: the City Health Dashboard鈥
Miriam Gofine, MPH, Shoshanna Levine, DrPH, Lorna Thorpe, PhD, Benjamin Spoer, PhD, Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: City Health Dashboard, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Population Health

41. 鈥淐omparing Health and Social Outcomes Among US Peer Cities Using Cluster Analysis鈥
Justin Feldman, ScD, Lorna Thorpe, PhD, Benjamin Spoer, PhD, Shoshanna Levine, DrPH, Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: NYU School of Medicine

42. 鈥淚mproving Sampling Probability Definitions with Predictive Algorithms鈥
Matthew Jannetti, MSPPM, Amy Caroll-Scott, PhD, MPH, Erikka Gilliam, MS, MPH, Irene Headen, PhD, MS, F茅lice L锚-Scherban, PhD, MPH, Maggie Beverly, MPH, Samantha Joseph, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

43. 鈥淪patial Statistical Methods to Assess the Relationship Between Water Violations and Poverty at the County Level: In America, Who has Access to Clean Water?鈥
Ruby Bayliss, BS, Loni Tabb, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

44. 鈥淪patiotemporal analysis of overall health in the united states between 2010-2018 using bayesian methods鈥
Binod Acharya, MS, Loni Tabb, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

45. 鈥淪plit and combine SIMEX algorithm to correct geocoding coarsening of built environment exposures鈥
Jung Yeon Won, MS, Brisa N. S谩nchez, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: University of Michigan

46. 鈥淎 causal model to estimate the effect of distance-weighted built environment exposures from longitudinal data鈥
Adam Peterson, M.S., Brisa Sanchez, PhD
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: University of Michigan

47. 鈥淯nderstanding geographic disparities in cancer mortality: Does selection of neighborhood deprivation index matter?鈥
Daniel Wiese, PSM, Shannon Lynch, PhD, Kevin Henry, PhD, Kari Moore, MS, Yuzhe Zhao, Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Temple University, Geography Department

48. 鈥淣etwork Analysis of Latino-Serving Organizations in Philadelphia to Promote Immigrant Health in Urban Settings鈥
Nishita Dsouza, MPH, Elizabeth Hassrick, PhD, Kristin Giordano, MPH, Chris Friedman, BA
Presenting author鈥檚 affiliation: Dornsife School of Public Health

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Pre-symposium Session:

Levels and Determinants of Urban Mortality: A focus on cities of Latin America

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative's Salud Urbana en Am茅rica Latina (SALURBAL) project is convening a pre-symposium event to discuss challenges and opportunities in characterizing and studying the determinants of urban mortality with a special focus on the Latin American context. The event will be made up of a keynote address and two expert panels:

-Methodologic Panel: Challenges in the assessment of patterns of urban mortality in Latin American cities

-Mortality in Latin American Cities: Preliminary results from the SALURBAL project

Speakers Include:

  • Dr. Ana Diez Roux, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, Dornsife School of Public Health, 91制片厂
  • Dr. Hiram Beltr谩n-S谩nchez, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA
  • Dr. Piedad Urdinola, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Dr. Bernardo Lanza Quieroz, Associate Professor, Department of Demography, UFMG, Brazil
  • Dr. Sofia Palacio-Mejia, Professor, Instituto Nacional de Salud P煤blica, Mexico
  • Dr. Usama Bilal, Assistant Research Faculty, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 91制片厂
  • Dr. Alex Quistberg, Assistant Research Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, 91制片厂
  • Ana Ortigoza, Doctoral Candidate, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 91制片厂

The agenda is as follows:

Introduction and welcome from Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Urban Health Collaborative, 91制片厂

Keynote: Hiram Beltr谩n-S谩nchez, PhD, MA, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA: "Mortality in Latin America: Levels and Trends"

Methodologic Panel: Challenges in the assessment of patterns of urban mortality in Latin American cities:

  • Urban mortality in M茅xico
  • Quality and causes of death in Colombian cities
  • Estimates of adult mortality in small-areas in Brazil: Spatial and temporal trends

Coffee break

Mortality in Latin American cities: preliminary results from the SALURBAL Project

  • Levels and determinants of urban mortality in Latin American cities: Data from the SALURBAL project
  • The influence of the physical and social urban environment of infant mortality in Latin American Cities
  • Built and Social Environment Association with Road Mortality in 365 Latin American Cities

Closing remarks: Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Urban Health Collaborative, 91制片厂

Thursday, September 5, 2019

The agenda is as follows:

Registration, Coffee and Breakfast

Welcome and Overview: Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH, Dean and Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Urban Health Collaborative, 91制片厂

Session 1: Addressing urban health crises and disaster preparedness: the perspective of urban health leaders

Moderator: Jerry Fagliano, PhD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor and Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, 91制片厂

  • Lillian Rivera, PhD, MSN, RN, Retired Administrator and Health Officer, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County
  • Andrew Miller, MD, Public Health Officer, Butte County Public Health Department, California
  • Chrissie Juliano, MPP, Executive Director, Big Cities Health Coalition
  • Nestor Saul Hernandez Milan, MD, Director of Health Services, Institute of Public Health at the State of Baja California (ISESALUD)
  • Monica Valdes Lupi, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission

Discussant: Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, MA, President & Chief Executive Officer, de Beaumont Foundation

Session 2: Placed-based approaches to health: from rural to urban environments

Moderator: Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

  • Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, PhD, Research Professor in Environmental Epidemiology, ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain
  • Anne Palmer, MAIA, MA, Food Communities and Public Health Program Director, Center for a Livable Future, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Pete DeCarlo, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, 91制片厂
  • Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Discussant: Kelly Henning, MD, Public Health Program Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Lunch

Session 3: Innovations in data collection and analysis in urban health research

Moderator: Brent Langellier, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health, 91制片厂

  • Ryan Demmer, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Co-Director, Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute, Columbia University
  • Quynh Nguyen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland
  • Jaime Madrigano, ScD, MPH, Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
  • Jane Clougherty, MSC, ScD, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, 91制片厂

Discussant: Raynard Washington, PhD, MPH, Chief Epidemiologist, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Poster Session

Friday, September 6, 2019:

Registration, Coffee and Breakfast

Session 4: Keynote address: Thomas Farley, Md, MPH, Health commissioner, city of Philadelphia 

Session 5: Urban Design and action strategies to improve health

Moderator: Diana Nicholas, NCIDQ, AIA, NCARB, LEED, GA, Director MS Design Research, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, 91制片厂

  • Anita Chandra, DrPH, MPH, Vice President and Director, RAND Social Economic Well-Being, RAND Corporation
  • Joanna Frank, President and CEO, Center for Active Design
  • Mark Stevenson, PhD, Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health, University of Melbourne
  • Adam Freed, MUP, Principal, Bloomberg Associates

Discussant: Ira Goldstein, PhD, President, Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund

Session 6: Urbanization, migration and displacement

Moderator: Joseph Amon, PhD, MSPH, Clinical Professor of Community Health and Prevention and Director of the Office of Global Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, 91制片厂

  • Matthew Hauer, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Florida State University
  • Ana Martinez-Donate, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, 91制片厂
  • Ana Abraido-Lanza, PhD, MA, Vice Dean, College of Global Public Health, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, NYU

Closing Remarks: Gina S. Lovasi, PhD, MPH, Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health, Co-Director, Urban Health Collaborative, 91制片厂

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