Drexel Team Receives Funding to Study Vaccine Hesitancy in Tajikistan

January 30, 2019

Ann Klassen, PhD, professor in the department of Community Health and Prevention in the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, is the principal investigator for an award given by UNICEF Tajikistan to conduct formative research to investigate factors influencing vaccine hesitancy in Tajikistan.

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Drexel Researcher Reports on Global Syndemic: Obesity, Undernutrition, Climate Change

January 29, 2019

Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, a research professor in the department of Community Health and Prevention at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, and a leading expert on obesity, nutrition and public health is a contributing author to the new The Lancet Commission Report.

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Dornsife Scholar Awarded for Early Work Applying Biostatistics to Community Health Issues

January 24, 2019

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Dornsife Welcomes Hero of Health and Human Rights

January 10, 2019

In the first weeks of 2019, Kamiar Alaei, MD, DrPH, a distinguished scholar of global health from Iran, joined us here at Dornsife. 

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Can a Soap Opera Spread Health Messages?

January 09, 2019

In a part of the world where young women often lack basic knowledge about their bodies, "C'est la Vie" translates research-based messages about sexuality and reproductive rights, maternal and child health, and gender violence into captivating story lines.

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Can Changing How We Talk About Childhood Toxic Stress Influence Policy?

January 03, 2019

With a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Jonathan Purtle will investigate how adjusting messaging can influences public opinions and policymaking about the science of child development.

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