2021

December
- ELAM Graduates See Success in New Appointments
  
  December 22, 2021
  
  For more than 25 years, the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program has been helping women develop the professional and personal skills to lead in academic medicine and health care. ELAM graduates, known as ELUMs, now number over 1,200. In 2021, a remarkable 11 of the program’s alumnae were appointed deans or interim deans of medical schools. Three of these ELUMs shared about their experience with the program and its importance in academic medicine.
  
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- Women's Leadership Summit Addresses Allyship
  
  December 14, 2021
  
  Allyship was the theme of the second annual Women’s Leadership Summit, a discussion of gender equity in medicine, science and leadership, from the Women in Medicine and Science Committee (WIMSC). WIMSC held the Friday, Dec. 3 event in collaboration with the Offices of Faculty, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, as well as the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program.
  
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- Call for Nominations: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  
  December 08, 2021
  
  Nominations are open for election into the Delta Zeta chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. You do not need to be a member of AOA to nominate a deserving candidate. The deadline is January 8, 2021.
  
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November
- The State of the Art on and off Drexel’s Campus
  
  November 01, 2021
  There are several art exhibitions and collections (both in person and online) showcasing the art of everything from Polish posters to presidential memorabilia to prehistoric fossils.
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October
- SAMHSA Grant Enables Caring Together to Expand Efforts to Help Women with Substance Use Disorder
  
  October 29, 2021
  
  Thanks to a $2.6 million, five-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Caring Together program will be better able to treat substance use disorders across the lifespan.
  
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- College of Medicine’s Research Showcased at 2021 Discovery Day
  
  October 26, 2021
  
  Members of the College of Medicine community came together this week for Discovery Day 2021, gathering at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to discuss original research. The October 21 event showcased a variety of biomedical science and clinical research topics.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  October 13, 2021
  Last term, Drexel faculty were recognized for their research and achievements, like Alexis Roth, PhD, associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, who received a NIH R01 grant for $4.9 million to assess HIV prevention interventions over the next five years.
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September
- While We Were Away
  
  September 20, 2021
  Welcome back to Drexel…fully in person. Whether you’re reacquainting yourself with campus after being remote or are exploring it for the first time, know that throughout this unusual past year and a half, Drexel has not stood still.
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August
- MD Program Class of 2025 Celebrates White Coat Ceremony
  
  August 11, 2021
  
  The MD program class of 2025 gathered at The Met in Philadelphia on Friday, August 6, to officially begin their medical school journey with the White Coat Ceremony, a symbolic commitment to the values and duties of the medical profession.
  
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July
- Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health Opens with Celebration
  
  July 28, 2021
  
  Drexel University College of Medicine, Tower Health and local community members came together Tuesday, July 27 to celebrate the grand opening of the new four-year regional medical campus, Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health. The campus, located less than one mile and within walking distance to Reading Hospital, will welcome its inaugural class of 40 first-year medical students in early August.
  
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- ELAM Program Announces Graduation of 2021 Class
  
  July 27, 2021
  
  The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the graduation of its 26th class. This graduating class of 63 fellows from 58 institutions joins a diverse alumnae community of more than 1,200 highly accomplished leaders who represent 269 medical, dental, public health and pharmacy schools from around the world.
  
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- LGBTQ+ Health Symposium Shares Best Practices for Providing Care
  
  July 12, 2021
  
  On Wednesday, June 30, College of Medicine community members came together to learn best practices for providing health care to LGBTQ+ patients during a virtual event organized by the College of Medicine and Tower Health.
  
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June
- Town Hall Recap: Implementing Drexel’s 2020–2030 Strategic Plan
  
  June 23, 2021
  On June 21, University leaders provided an update on the current status of how faculty and professional staff are taking steps to execute the strategic plan — and how they can still get involved.
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- Drexel Community Learns Mental Health Awareness and Response
  
  June 22, 2021
  
  A mental health first aid course from the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) is now available virtually. College of Medicine faculty and staff are encouraged to register for the class, which DBHIDS’ Healthy Minds Philly program brought to Queen Lane for graduate faculty members in 2019.
  
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- College of Medicine Faculty Receive Grant to Create Online Antiracism Module
  
  June 17, 2021
  
  Drexel University College of Medicine faculty will receive $300,000 over the next three years to spearhead creation of an online learning module on antiracism. The project is funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, which aims to improve public health through advanced education and training for health care professionals.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  June 16, 2021
  Last term, Drexel University faculty were recognized for their scholarly research and professional contributions and recognitions.
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- Drexel Virtually Celebrates 2021 Graduates of Colleges, Schools, Heritage Groups
  
  June 14, 2021
  Before the University-wide ceremony at Citizen’s Bank Park on June 11, commencement for Drexel’s colleges, schools and students of the African diaspora were held virtually though celebrated wholeheartedly.
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- Dragons Unite to Bring Vaccines, Resources to the Surrounding West Philadelphia Community
  
  June 07, 2021
  Drexel University faculty, staff, students and community partners, along with Sunray Pharmacy, have come together to put on weekly COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships in Powelton Village.
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May
- Drexel Celebrates Pride Month 2021
 
 May 28, 2021
 The University will kick off and close out Pride Month 2021 with online events exploring and celebrating the wide spectrum of history, experiences and issues within the LGBTQIA+ community.
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- Hybrid Commencement Celebrates Class of 2021
 
 May 24, 2021
 
 The College of Medicine celebrated the Class of 2021 in a hybrid ceremony on Tuesday, May 18. Some Drexel University community members gathered at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts for the 2 p.m. festivities, while others joined in online to watch via a live broadcast.
 
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- Drexel University Announces 2021 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
 
 May 24, 2021
 The speakers and honorary degree recipients addressing graduating Dragons this year are well-known and respected in their various fields, and several have deep, longstanding ties to Drexel.
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- Class of 2021 Graduates Have an Impressive Record of Service
 
 May 19, 2021
 
 The College of Medicine’s Class of 2021 rose to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic by serving the community. They graduate this week having provided over 15,000 hours of community service through curricular and non-curricular activities during their time at the College of Medicine.
 
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- Drexel University College of Medicine Faculty Named Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors™ for 2021
 
 May 14, 2021
 
 Philadelphia magazine recently published its annual list of the region's “Top Doctors.” The list of physicians, who were chosen by their peers, can be found in the May issue of the magazine.
 
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- Physician-scientist and mRNA Researcher Drew Weissman, MD, PhD to Address Graduates at Drexel’s College of Medicine Commencement
 
 May 13, 2021
 An international leader in RNA biology, Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, will address the graduates of Drexel’s College of Medicine during its commencement ceremony on May 18.
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- ELAM Program Names 2021-2022 Class of Fellows
 
 May 07, 2021
 
 The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program for Women at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the selection of its 2021–2022 class of fellows.
 
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- Drexel Research Awarded for Potential to Improve Heart and Ear Health in Children
 
 May 06, 2021
 Two Drexel researchers received prestigious Individual Biomedical Research Awards from The Hartwell Foundation to support their work aimed at benefitting the health of children of the United States. Each award includes $100,000 in research funding per year for three years.
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- Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship Program Expands in More Ways Than One
 
 May 03, 2021
 
 For the second consecutive year, the Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship (MSSRF) Program will support 50 first-year medical students in full-time summer research. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, MSSRF had capacity to provide opportunities to 20 students each year.
 
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April
- Drexel Names New Computing Cluster After Historic Alumna
 
 April 29, 2021
 Picotte, the University’s high-performing computing equipment, is named for Susan La Flesche Picotte, MD, who is believed to be the first Native American physician in the U.S.
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- Medical Device Startup Nephria Bio to Use Drexel's MXene Filter Material in Wearable Artificial Kidney Technology
 
 April 29, 2021
 Drexel University’s MXene material is one step closer to transforming the lives of people suffering from end-stage kidney disease. Nephria Bio, Inc., a U.S.-based spin-off of the South Korean medical device company EOFlow Co., Ltd., has signed a licensing agreement with the University to use the two-dimensional material, discovered at Drexel, as a filter in a wearable artificial kidney device it is developing. The technology could allow many of the millions of people suffering from end-stage kidney disease worldwide to move more freely, without spending hours each week anchored to large dialysis machines.
  
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- What Drexel Does — and Doesn’t — Have From the 1918 Pandemic
 
 April 20, 2021
 How were Drexel and other institutions now part of the University affected by the 20th century influenza outbreak? Based off of their archival collections, it’s hard to say.
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- 2021 Golden Apple Award Winners Announced
 
 April 16, 2021
 
 The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service and teaching by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff. Each class of medical students nominate faculty and professional staff for the honor and vote to determine the award winners.
 
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- 2021 Inductees of Medical Honor Societies Announced
 
 April 14, 2021
 
 The College of Medicine proudly congratulates our faculty, residents, alumni and students who have recently been inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Societies in 2021.
 
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- Student-Run Queen Lane Food Pantry Serves Students in Need
 
 April 07, 2021
 
 As students return from spring break, those in need will have access to a new, student-run food pantry at the Queen Lane Campus.
 
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March
- MD Program Class of 2021 Celebrates Residency Matches
  
  March 24, 2021
  
  At noon on Friday, March 19, fourth-year MD Program students learned where they will complete their residency training. Students celebrated their good news with champagne toasts and showers of confetti.
  
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- New Medical Cannabis Research Center at Drexel Supports Groundbreaking Research Partnership
  
  March 23, 2021
  The University now has the capacity, and an external partnership with a medical cannabis dispensary, to conduct evidence-based research on the health effects of medical cannabis.
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- COVID-19 Testing Efforts Aim to Reach Underserved Communities
  
  March 11, 2021
  
  On the final day of 2020, a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, College of Medicine faculty physicians learned they would be able to expand COVID-19 testing in underserved communities with funding from the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health and the Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation (PMHCC). With $155,468 distributed across six months, the College of Medicine can now provide free, rapid COVID-19 testing to communities in need.
  
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- IHS Alumnus Continues Following in Dayna's Footprints
  
  March 11, 2021
  
  In spite of the disruptions of 2020, alumnus-founded organization Dayna’s Footprints had its most successful year yet, providing 150 pairs of shoes to children in need. The organization was founded in 2019 by Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (IHS) student Sam Sayed and his brother, Sharif. The brothers were inspired by the memory of their sister Dayna, who tragically died in a drive-by shooting when she was 16 years old.
  
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February
- 2021 Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert
  
  February 26, 2021
  
  The 28th annual Drexel University College of Medicine Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert (PABC) took place virtually due to COVID-19, and although the change of venue was disappointing, student organizers knew the show must go on. Since its inaugural show, PABC has raised over $600,000 for the patients of the Dorothy Mann Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
  
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- Founder of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Jeri Lynne Johnson to Receive 2021 Woman One Award
  
  February 25, 2021
  The Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine will present the Woman One Award to Jeri Lynne Johnson, Founder and Artistic Director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, on April 26, 2021, in a livestreamed webcast from the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, starting at 5:30 p.m.
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January
- Drexel Deans Look Back at 2020 — Part Two
  
  January 15, 2021
  In a second installment, six more deans from the University’s colleges and schools reflect on what happened and what they’ve learned.
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