Past Events

Drexel GIS Day

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Hagerty Library L14 3300 Market St Philadelphia PA 19104
- Everyone
GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society. Drexel University-affiliated researchers will present how they are using GIS in real-world applications.
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UHC Brown Bag Lunch Series

Friday, November 10, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

3600 Market Street Room 709
- Everyone
Victoria Kontor will present on her work at the Women's Law Project, a public interest law center devoted to the rights of women and girls. She is creating an aggregate data set that summarizes the demographics of girls aged 10-17 in Philadelphia with an emphasis on those in the juvenile justice system. The data set will be used in projects to work toward improved quality of life for girls in Philadelphia, especially those in the juvenile justice system, which include writing a policy agenda and briefing for the Health Commissioner and updating a previous publication called "Through the Lens of Equality: Eliminating Sex Bias to Improve the Health of Pennsylvania's Women" to include girls, and attempting to reorganize a Girls Coalition in Philadelphia.
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Urban Health Collaborative Invited Speaker: Steve Mooney

Friday, November 3, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Everyone
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UHC Brown Bag Lunch Series

Friday, October 27, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

3600 Market Street Room 709
- Everyone
Presenters: Matthew Kearney, MPH, DrPH(c); Samantha Joseph, MPH, DrPH(c); and Erica Smith, MPH.
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GIS User Group Meeting: GIS for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation in Philadelphia

Friday, October 20, 2017

12:00 PM-12:00 AM

W. W. Hagerty Library Room L33
- Everyone
This month, Jessica Gould and Mary Ellen McCarty from the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) will discuss Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI), an emerging stormwater management method adopted by PWD in 2009. This program uses vegetation, soils, and other elements to reduce stormwater runoff. GIS is used to supplement Green Stormwater Infrastructure in all project phases, from site selection and design to data cataloging in enterprise geodatabases. During the session, presenters will describe their new GIS data model developed to house GSI asset geometries and how it connects to existing work order management systems to enable maintenance, monitor, and easy reporting.
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UHC Brown Bag Lunch Series

Friday, October 13, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

3600 Market Street Room 709
- Everyone
UHC MPH Practicum Student Louisa Boison will present on two projects she’s currently working on with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, also known, as Get Healthy Philly. The first project involves surveying school principals and physical education staff in the Philadelphia School District about the physical activity practices in elementary schools, analyzing the data, and assessing the effectiveness of a specific campaign.
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UHC Brown Bag Lunch Series

Friday, September 15, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

3600 Market Street Room 709
- Everyone
The Brown Bag Lunch Series discussion sessions and presentations will feature UHC work and research-in-progress presented by UHC affiliates, trainees, students, awardees, and local partners. Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch to eat during this time.
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Urban Health Symposium - Reimagining Health in Cities: From Local to Global

Thursday and Friday, September 7 & 8, 2017

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall
- Everyone
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Summer Short Courses in Urban Health

June 26, 2017 through June 30, 2017

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Dornsife School of Public Health
- Everyone
The Dornsife School of Public Health Urban Health Collaborative offers summer Short Courses in Urban Health Research.

Event Details

2017 Courses include:

Introduction to Multilevel Analysis for Urban Health Research
Instructors: Ana Diez Roux and Félice Lê-Scherban, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University

Health Impact Assessments and Applied Public Health Research
Instructors: Amy Hillier, Department of City and Regional Planning, PennDesign, University of Pennsylvania, and Clint Randall, JLL

Introduction to Bayesian Analysis for Public and Urban Health
Instructor: Harrison Quick, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Faculty Affiliate with the Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
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Weather-Related Effects Among Hemodialysis Patients in Select Urban Northeast Cities

Monday, June 12, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Richard Remigio, MPhil, MS, research coordinator at Urban Health Collaborative, will present at this Environmental and Occupational Health seminar.
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