Current senior nursing student Rachel Pagano was fortunate enough to work as a Drexel STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholar during her freshman year at Drexel. The highly selective program allows students to...

Drexel is on the forefront of innovation once again with its new Mobile REACH van. The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute’s Mobile REACH van is the first of its kind in the region to offer mobile autism services to communities. REACH stands for...

The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute was established in July 2012, thanks to support from the Charles and Barbara Close Foundation in partnership with the University. 

Liesbet Manders is a PhD candidate in the Creative Arts Therapies Department at the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2013 for her research proposal, which later took her to Heidelberg, Germany to investigate whether participants...

Ellen Giarelli, an associate professor in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Department at the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, is an expert in strategies for public health surveillance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and through her work has...

Creating Integrated Healthcare for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder. That’s the title of the one-day conference scheduled to take place on November 8, 2014 in Behrakis Grand Hall on Drexel’s University City Main Campus. The conference, complete with invitational speakers and networking opportunities, will explore...