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January

Eagles Autism Challenge: Passion for Helping Fuels Drexel Staff Member’s Participation

January 30, 2018

Biking in the Eagles Autism Challenge is just the latest step in a lifetime of helping the neurodiverse for the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute’s Jackie Abrams.

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Trauma Support for Welfare Recipients Helps Them Earn More, Study Shows

January 24, 2018

Research shows that addressing Welfare recipients’ past and current trauma help them earn more at their jobs — providing hope for an exit from the program.

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Drinking, DUI Crashes Down Among Pennsylvania Youth, State Workgroup Says

January 24, 2018

The Pennsylvania State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup released a brief that shows drinking is down in the state’s youth, but the information it presents could serve as a baseline as liquor licensing laws are relaxed.

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Garrett Devenney, MPH '18, Wins David A. Winston Award

January 23, 2018

Beating a highly-competitive field of 70 students from universities around the country, Garrett Devenney, MPH ’18, a Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health student, studying in the school’s department of Health Management and Policy, was awarded one of two 2018 David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowships.

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Restaurant, Bar Smoking Bans Impact Smoking Behaviors, Especially for the Highly Educated

January 11, 2018

Smoking bans in restaurants and bars are especially effective among those with college degrees, but also were associated with higher quit attempts by people with low incomes, according to a new Drexel University study.

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Mexican Migrant Health Access Lower After U.S. Border Crossing — And Even When They Return to Mexico

January 10, 2018

Immigrants and migrants from Mexico had worse access to health care and insurance after they crossed the border into the U.S. — and it remained bad when they returned to Mexico again.

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Drexel Helps to Establish the Region's First Federal Statistical Research Data Center to Gain Access to Census Data

January 09, 2018

Researchers from around the city, who are studying public policy and the economy, will have access to some of the nation’s highest quality Census data this coming cycle, thanks to a new federal research center.

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Hidden Disparities: Poor Access to Care in Transient Immigrant Groups from Mexico

January 08, 2018

Complex barriers severely limit health care options for seldom-studied immigrant population from Mexico.

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