“The students really worked hard to prepare…they adjusted tasks as needed and were up for the adventure!” said Jeannine Uribe, PhD, who accompanied eight online RN-BSN students from Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions on a trip to Paraguay...

Send us photos and stories from your summer vacation! We’ll feature your adventures in Chartings and on CNHP social media. Please send photos and information to mko28@drexel.edu.

Congratulations to John Cornele and Carol Okupniak, who are transitioning to new roles within the College effective August 1. Cornele has been named the new Director for the Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation & Practice (CICSP) and Okupniak will be transitioning to full-time teaching in the undergraduate nursing program...

Sara Bunyaratapan, a first year Physician Assistant student at Drexel University, received a highly competitive scholarship to attend the 12^th Annual Paul Ambrose Scholars Program Symposium, held June 20-23 in Washington, DC.  She joined 45 other medical, Physician Assistant, dental, pharmacy, physical therapy, and graduate nursing students dedicated to bringing health promotion and preventive approaches to health professions education and their communities...

The Complementary and Integrative Therapies (CIT) Program recently marked its fifth year participating in the Summer Nurse Practitioner Residency Week at Drexel University. On June 26, Stephanie Ross, Director of the Complementary and Integrative Therapie Program, gave a two-hour presentation called “A Student’s Guide to Holistic Living."

 “I kind of see life like an impressionist painting,” said Creative Arts Therapies alumna Jamie Wasson, who is legally blind. Wasson has worked as an art therapist at an outpatient clinic in Center City for seven years, helping children and families who have dealt with a lot of loss, grief and trauma...

Drexel students Scott Naples and Amanda Malik brought together the College of Nursing and Health Professions and School of Public Health for the first-ever Health Professions Dinner, where attendees discussed interdisciplinary medical practices. In a large group discussion, students from the Physician Assistant Program reviewed two medical cases with students from the School of Public Health, one about an HIV patient and another about immunization clinical trials...

Jamie Rincker, a recent graduate of Drexel’s master’s program in Nutrition Sciences, worked with Nutrition Department chair Stella Volpe, PhD, and Victor Tringali of University Wellness to create the food audit, “Feed the Dragons, A Guide to Healthier Food Selections on Campus..."

"11th Street is an interdisciplinary facility. They have every part of health care represented here from primary care nurses to dental to physical therapy and fitness. When I interviewed, everyone was very welcoming and passionate about all aspects of health. I knew it would be a great experience to work here..."

Argie Allen, PhD, shared her expertise in couple and family therapy on The TODAY Show on June 24 and July 5. In her June segment, Allen spoke about the rising number of young people living and having children together without getting married. Marriage rates are now the lowest they have been in more than a century and the number of cohabitating couples is up from 440,000 in 1980 to 7.5 million in 2010. “People are getting married later; they have more choices..."

Melanie Carminati ’14, a doctoral candidate in the Physical Therapy Program, attended the American Physical Therapy Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she received the Honorable Mention Award for the 2012-2013 Pittsburgh-Marquette Challenge...

 “My father was a general practitioner for fifty years and he regularly made house calls. It seemed like a natural step for me to do the same,” said Bobbie Posmontier, PhD, who has delivered more than 2,000 babies in homes, hospitals and birth centers as a Nurse Midwife. She previously had her own practice that emulated midwife practices you might find in the United Kingdom. Posmontier gave her charts directly to the patients with which she worked, explaining, “There were no secrets between us..."

At just 27 years old, Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions alumna Ajarat Bada has traveled across the globe spreading her mission to ensure interfaith collaboration for peace. Her project, The Missing Millennium Development Goal, has attracted the attention of the United Nations, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and several world leaders including South African social rights activist Desmond Tutu...

Nursing faculty member Carol Patton, PhD, has been Chair of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Family Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified (FNP-BC) for 8 years.

“I was terribly nervous, as were we all,” said John Evers, a Family Nurse Practitioner student who travelled on a medical mission trip to Haiti along with seven other students from the program during mid-June...

Juanita Gardner’s path as a Physician Assistant has completed a sweeping loop that started and ended at Drexel University. After graduating from Drexel’s Physician Assistant Program, Gardner spent 11 years working at the Henrietta Johnson Medical Center, a federally qualified community health center in West Wilmington, Delaware...

Echinacea is a member of the aster family, like ragweed and chrysanthemums, and is commonly known as purple coneflower due to its stunning color and distinctive shape. The genus name, Echinacea, is derived from the Greek echinos that translates into ‘hedgehog”, referring to...

So just what can someone do with a degree in Health Services Administration? Students graduating with an HSAD degree have gone on to careers with health maintenance organizations (HMOs), insurance companies, hospitals, marketing firms, government agencies, advocacy organizations, clinics, mental health organizations and long-term care facilities, to name a few...

The Health Services Administration Department held their first annual alumni and recent graduates networking event on June 13 in the Friends Center on Cherry Street in Philadelphia. Alumni from all over the country and currently graduating seniors were...

Eric Chapman graduated from Drexel’s Health Services Administration program in Spring 2012. He works with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and his professional and academic affiliations include the American Society for Public Administration, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management...

“It was an absolutely amazing experience and one that changed me forever,” said senior Health Services Administration student Freddy May of his unconventional study abroad trip to the London Paralympics last year...

When Spencer Ward, PhD, begins teaching any of his courses, he always starts with an introductory exercise. Students share their names, where they are from, their backgrounds and any prior work experience they may have. “I tell everyone that the reason I do it is not only to create a more relaxing environment, but to create bonds and network,” said Ward...

“I want my happiness to spawn from my career and that is one of the many goals I strive to achieve,” said freshman Health Services Administration (HSAD) student Freddy Perez...

Drexel sophomore Niket Subhedar is forging a unique path to medical school in the Health Services Administration Program at the College of Nursing and Health Professions. While working toward his Bachelor’s degree in HSAD, Subhedar is also fulfilling his pre-requisite requirements to continue on to medical school...