September

Drexel’s School of Public Health Receives Transformative $45 Million Gift from Dana and David Dornsife

September 30, 2015

Drexel University’s School of Public Health has been named the Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health in honor of a transformative $45 million gift from longtime philanthropists Dana and David Dornsife widely known for their humanitarian efforts. The couple has donated a total of $58 million to the University.

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New Public Health Chairs and Faculty Bring Increased Focus on Research Methods, Health Disparities, and Public Health Practice

September 24, 2015

Six new faculty members bring broad expertise in research methods, intervention research, health disparities, and public health practice to the Drexel School of Public Health.

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Welcome Week Inspires New Students to Act

September 21, 2015

The Drexel University School of Public Health welcomed 15 new bachelor’s degree majors, 123 new master’s students and 9 new doctoral students during Welcome Week in September with an exciting series of programs and events.

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Inaugural Symposium Explores How to Improve Urban Health

September 16, 2015

On September 10-11, 2015, Drexel SPH hosted its inaugural symposium, “Reimagining Health in Cities: New Directions in Urban Health Research and Action.” The event brought together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the globe to energize action around urban health, generate novel research ideas, and stimulate debate on policy implications and future directions. Attendees heard from 29 speakers and 60 additional projects were featured in an evening poster session exhibiting work from urban health programs around the world.

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Students learn from local leaders, faculty teach abroad. Drexel makes a global impact on community health.

September 15, 2015

This summer, our faculty, scholars, and students were actively engaged in a variety of global health and international development projects. Faculty and students, regardless of where they spent their summers, continued to focus on community-based learning and application of innovative science and methods to improve health in communities around the globe.

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Drexel Report Offers Opportunities for Hospital-based Violence Prevention Programs Under Affordable Care Act

September 02, 2015

A new report in Annals of Internal Medicine co-authored by members of Drexel University’s Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, describes effective strategies to increase adoption of evidence-supported violence prevention programs in hospitals. The article also describes some opportunities to enhance program sustainability resulting from the Affordable Care Act.

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Research Network Improving Healthy Weight in African American Populations Moves to Drexel University School of Public Health

September 01, 2015

The African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN), a leading voice of scientific evidence for optimizing nutrition and physical activity lifestyles in the US black population, will move to the Drexel University School of Public Health as of September 1, 2015. Previously located at the University of Pennsylvania, the network will now be sustainably situated within the Drexel University School of Public Health, which is dedicated to improving population health, reducing health disparities, and transforming evidence into practice and policy.

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Remembering Professor Lisa Ulmer

September 01, 2015

In late June, the Department of Community Health and Prevention (CHP) and the School of Public Health lost one of its most valued faculty members, Dr. Lisa Ulmer. Lisa left a strong imprint and was a major force in building the School we have today. She will be deeply missed by many but will live on in the School she helped build, in the students she trained and in the public health improvements she led and championed.

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