Student Affairs, Center City hosted another Dine and Discuss event on February 27 in the New College Building. Students representing a variety of health profession majors enjoyed free food and participated in a discussion about violence and trauma prevention in hospital emergency rooms.

Students in the second class of the Macy Leadership Program at the College are currently enrolled in a unique course called Group Dynamics and Leading Teams. 

It was just announced that the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions’ Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) Chapter will be recognized by the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) as a Stellar School Chapter.

Millions of people suffer from chronic pain every year and, consequently, millions of people feel estranged from their social life, family, and physical body. “The body becomes the enemy so you try to get rid of the pain and almost get rid of your body,” associate professor in the creative arts therapies Joke Bradt, PhD, said. “People with chronic pain often see personal relationships destroyed because of their pain. The pain breaks down communication and leads to many misunderstandings and frustration. People often end up feeling lonely and isolated.”

Guy Diamond, PhD, joined the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions’ Couple and Family Therapy Department as a full-time permanent faculty member at the start of the new year after serving in a visiting professor role during 2013. A renowned expert in adolescent suicide screening and depression treatment, he joins us at the pinnacle of a career filled with important publications, accolades, groundbreaking research, and an outstanding grant funding history.

Students from the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program (PMHNP) at the College of Nursing and Health Professions were invited to tour the Philadelphia Prison System on February 18 during their On Campus Intensive (OCI) days.  MHM Services, Inc., one of the largest mental health providers to jails and prisons throughout eleven states nationwide, has agreed to provide Drexel’s PMHNP students opportunities to complete clinical hours and experiences within their system...

Hearing about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts labels in the U.S. while I am studying in Israel is a pleasant reminder of the exciting issues that I will be jumping back into when I return home.  As a dietetic intern at a sports clinic in Jerusalem, I recognize the importance of the Nutrition Facts label as a tool to help people make informed, healthy food choices...

At a special luncheon at the Paul Peck Alumni Center on February 17, Drexel University and the College of Nursing and Health Professions celebrated a $2.5 million gift from the Sheller Family Foundation for the expansion of 11^th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University. Groundbreaking for the expansion project of the nurse-managed health center, which has been renamed in the benefactors’ honor, is expected to take place next month.

Lisa Chiarello, PhD, professor and Director of the PhD Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, was informed that she will receive the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) highest honor of membership. Chiarello will become a Catherine Worthingham Fellow at the upcoming June meeting of the APTA.