On April 8, nineteen students from the Nutrition Sciences Department were placed in dietetic internships across the country for the coming year. Please join us in congratulating the following students who received internship matches...

Patricia Rubertone, assistant professor and Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, was elected to the American Physical Therapy Association’s Clinical Education Special Interest Group Nominating Committee...

Patients with chronic pain now have the opportunity to participate in group education sessions at 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University to get the tools and knowledge they need to best manage their pain.

Painting began at 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel University on April 5 for the mural which will be placed on a residential building at 8th and Parish Streets upon completion.

Drexel nursing students were recognized as major leaders this year at the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) Annual Convention, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 3-7.

The Washington Business Journal published an article on April 3 about the new Drexel University office opening in Washington D.C. this summer.

Barbara Posmontier, PhD, an assistant professor in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Department, was quoted by Sanjay Gupta, MD, in his article, “How Support, Coping Skills, Can Reduce Postpartum Depression Risk,” On everydayhealth.com.

The pioneering work of Denham Harman, MD, PhD, paved the way for the concept that aging is not a mysterious event that occurs at random. But, rather, aging is a consequence of the damage caused by an excess of “free radicals.”

Stephanie Ross, Director of the Complementary and Integrative Therapies Program, traveled to Seoul, Korea in mid-October 2012. She served as a liaison from Drexel’s Office of International Programs and from the College of Nursing and Health Professions, developing potential international relationships between Drexel University and Korea University, Dongbang Graduate University, and Eulji University...

Family Nurse Practitioner student Marilyn Berchie was awarded a $5,000 scholarship to complete her final clinical with Minute Clinic. Berchie has worked in adult care clinical settings at several locations in Maryland, seeing patients for a variety of conditions.

Congratulations to Lisa Chiarello, PhD, who has earned promotion to full professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences...

The College of Nursing and Health Professions Alumni Network  is currently accepting nominations of qualified alumni interested in running for election to the Board of Directors...

Noel Goodstadt, DPT, an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, wrote an article published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy in April.

Congratulations to H. Michael Dreher, PhD, who was promoted to the rank of Professor. He is the fourth nursing faculty member to be promoted to this rank since 1996...

Marlene Watson, PhD, an associate professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Department, wrote a book about African Americans’ unhappiness with their families, relationships, and bodies. Facing the Black Shadow was published in February...

“Evelyn Mackin is a true pioneer in her commitment to returning hand surgery and hand injury patients to full function of rehabilitation,” said Gloria Donnelly, PhD, Dean of the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions. Mackin, now ninety years-old, is considered the “mother” of the hand therapy profession...

Jen Manning has a two-month patient waiting list for her therapy care in the health clinic on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota where she works. She is a current student in the Hand and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation Program at Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions.

“The program really made a big difference in my life. It changed my career path,” began Gayle Severance, a 2004 graduate of the Drexel Certificate in Hand Therapy Program. “I was working in hand therapy because the person doing hand therapy at...

Terri Skirven is the Director of Therapy at the Philadelphia Hand Center, the Director of the Hand Rehabilitation Foundation, and a guest lecturer in the Drexel Certificate in Hand Therapy Program on the topics of wrist examination and the treatment of wrist injuries and conditions. There is no doubt in Skirven’s mind that hand therapists who have completed the Drexel program tend to have a significant leg up in the competitive job market for certified hand therapists.

The Drexel Certificate in Hand Therapy and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation Program is unique in both quality and format, providing busy practitioners with a blend of online, didactic and laboratory experiential components that allows them to pursue a higher degree while working, maintaining family life, and taking care of other responsibilities.

“Sometimes books cannot tell you the actual feel of how you touch a patient. For interventions, books tell you roughly what to do but there isn’t a part that tells you how to touch, how many repetitions you have to do,” said Un San (“Christina”) Tai, an occupational therapist and current student in Drexel’s Certificate in Hand Therapy and Upper Quarter Rehabilitation Program.

The College of Nursing and Health Professions Compliance website is now officially up and ready for viewing...

A new post-baccalaureate certificate program in the Integrated Nursing Care of Autism Spectrum Disorder will be offered in fall 2013 to nurses who have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing as well as to BSN or Master’s degree students who want to minor in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) nursing care.

After a long tiring day, discover deep relaxation and scintillating comfort by experiencing an “Aroma Therapy Pebble Foot Massage". Simply cover the bottom of a large ceramic dish or wooden bowl with...

Congratulations to Karyn Holt, PhD, an associate clinical professor in the Advanced Role MSN Department, who was recognized for her contributions to the nursing profession by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Nursing with their Distinguished Alumnus Award.