Urban Health Collaborative Partners with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on Pediatric Big Data Project

February 27, 2017

The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative will leverage its robust environmental data capabilities in a joint project with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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From Passion to Scientific Exploration: Alumna Publishes Master’s Project Research Investigating Racial Biases in Health Care

February 24, 2017

The announcement of the verdict for the Trayvon Martin case in the summer of 2013 case shocked Marie Plaisime, MPH ’14. She then set out to develop a second year master’s project that would not only embody her passion to ameliorate racial disparities, but also make a difference in health care.

This month, the results of that master’s project were published by the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

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More Day Cares Near By, More Germs? Maybe Not, According to Drexel Whooping Cough Study

February 23, 2017

A team of Drexel University researchers looking into how a higher density of day care facilities may affect the prevalence of illness in a neighborhood and found that it doesn’t really have much of an effect.

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Doctors' Biases Mean Black Men Don't Get the Same Treatment in Healthcare

February 20, 2017

Black men likely don't get the same healthcare treatment that white men do because of doctors' biases and fear of black men, according to a new qualitative study.

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Drexel Team Receives CDC Award to Develop Disaster Communications for Children and Youth with Special Needs, Autism Spectrum Disorders

February 09, 2017

Drexel University’s Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) received a $1.15 Million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the disaster communication needs of children and youth with special health care needs and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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Drexel Unites to Promote One Book, One Philadelphia

February 09, 2017

Though Drexel has participated in the annual community book club for years, this marks the first year of interdisciplinary collaboration and panel discussions.

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Faculty Forum Discusses Executive Order Banning Travel

February 09, 2017

About 100 members of the Drexel community gathered last evening for a wide-ranging informational forum with a panel of professors to learn more about President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven countries.

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Spanish-Speaking and Non-Citizen Latino Parents Half as Likely to Feel Docs Are Listening

February 08, 2017

A study led by faculty from Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health found that the parents of Latino children who only speak Spanish or who are non-citizens feel half as likely to be heard as those who only speak English when communicating with their children’s doctors.

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Stroke Risk Factors Centered in Southeast United States

February 08, 2017

An effort to map the major risk factors for stroke in the United States — high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking — shows that most of those risk factors center among populations in the Southeast.

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