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2012

  • October

    • QandA-Dan Schidlow

      October 15, 2012

      DrexelNow spoke with Dr. Daniel Schidlow about the challenges and opportunities in his role as the College of Medicine dean.

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  • August

    • Drexel Students Travel to London Paralympic Games

      August 21, 2012

      Nine Drexel University students will travel to London from August 31 through September 8 to see the 2012 Paralympic Games, as part of the travel-integrated course “Perspectives on Disability,” the fourth course in the Great Works Symposium 2012 Series.

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  • July

  • June

    • Dr. Daniel Schidlow Appointed Drexel College of Medicine Dean

      June 27, 2012

      Internationally recognized clinician in pediatric diseases Dr. Daniel V. Schidlow has been appointed Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean and senior vice president, medical affairs at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Schidlow will assume the role from his current position as interim dean and senior vice president.

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    • Drexel Hebrew Univ IDR Partnership Funds New BioTech

      June 13, 2012

      Four new methods for delivering improved medication within the bodies of suffering patients are now on track to be developed for commercialization as part of a research partnership between Drexel University and The Institute for Drug Research of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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    • Drexel University College of Medicine Hosts Unique International Symposium

      June 07, 2012

      Top infectious disease research scientists from across the country and around the world, including a Nobel Prize winner, will gather in Philadelphia later this month when Drexel University College of Medicine hosts the 2012 International Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease. The symposium will be held June 19-21 in the New College Building (15th & Vine Streets) in Geary Auditorium B.

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  • May

    • Three Medical Students Selected as 2012 Schweitzer Fellows

      May 22, 2012

      The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently selected three Drexel University College of Medicine students as Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows for 2012-13. Phoebe Dacha, Alicia Howard, and Ashley Stephens will join approximately 240 other Schweitzer Fellows from across the country in conceptualizing and carrying out service projects that address the unmet health needs of underserved individuals and communities.

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    • Global Health Research Project Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant

      May 10, 2012

      Drexel University College of Medicine announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Christopher Vinnard, M.D., MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled "A Novel Diagnostic Test for Poor Anti-TB Drug Bioavailability."

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    • President Emeritus of the Association of American Medical Colleges to Speak at Drexel Medicine Commencement

      May 02, 2012

      President emeritus of the Association of American Medical College Jordan J. Cohen, M.D. willdeliver thekeynote address during the commencement ceremony for Drexel University College of Medicine on Friday, May 18 at 9 a.m. at the Kimmel Center.

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  • February

    • Drexel University Finalizes Deal with Shima Seiki USA

      February 27, 2012

      Following the signing of a groundbreaking, $1 million agreement with Shima Seiki USA, Genevieve Dion, assistant professor and fashion design program director in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, will now have the state-of-the-art laboratory to conduct research for the development of new smart textiles, wearable technologies and to explore new methods of production that will ultimately impact a number of market sectors.

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    • Malaria Research Team Awarded $2 Million NIH Grant

      February 23, 2012

      The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded Drexel University College of Medicine a $ 2 million grant for a four-year project to investigate molecular pathways targeted by antimalarial pyrazole compounds. These compounds were first discovered by a research team from Drexel.

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    • Research Links Prostate Cancer Spread to Sugar Found Naturally in the Body

      February 20, 2012

      For the first time, researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine have discovered that a certain type of sugar found naturally in the body is elevated in prostate cancer cells and it plays a critical role in cancer growth and movement. The findings are set to be published in the April edition of Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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  • January

    • Drexel Receives Keck Foundation Grant to Expand Plasma Research

      January 30, 2012

      Drexel University has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to expand research on the fundamental science of interactions between plasma, which is an ionized gas, and living systems. The research, funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation, will be led by the University’s Anthony J. Drexel Plasma Institute.

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