How to Undo Systemic Racism in Higher Education Faculty Hiring
January 20, 2023
Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Veronica Carey, PhD welcomed Marybeth Gasman, PhD, author and Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair and a distinguished professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, for an open dialogue about systemic racism in higher education with regard to hiring and retaining faculty of color.
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CNHP Graduation Highlights and Awards
June 21, 2022
On June 9, 2022, the College of Nursing and Health Professions held their college graduation ceremony at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts before the University's commencement ceremony at Citizen's Bank Park. Speakers and award winners are highlighted.
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Pride Month Recognition and CNHP's DEI Initiatives
June 03, 2022
The College of Nursing and Health Professions is moving the needle in bringing awareness, support and recognition to diversity, equity and inclusion. Pride Month is celebrated every June and this year we note what the college is doing for all its communities.
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Drexel Health Sciences Building Updates
April 08, 2022
The ground has been broken on the Drexel Academic Tower, the new home for the College of Nursing and Health Professions in the University City Campus. Periodic updates, photos and video will be posted so you can feel part of the project.
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Shining a Black Light Week Four
February 21, 2022
This is the fourth of a weekly Black History Month 2022 feature celebrating members of the CNHP community who contribute daily to the success of the College.
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Finding our Lanes in DEI: Using art as a starting place for action
February 21, 2022
Michele Rattigan is an art therapist, licensed professional counselor and a member of the Board of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and will be present at the DEI “Finding Our Lanes” event with Veronica Carey, PhD with the intention to facilitate a therapeutic arts-based experience for attendees who may or may not consider themselves as skilled artists.
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Shining a Black Light Week One
February 01, 2022
This is the first of a weekly Black History Month 2022 feature celebrating members of the CNHP community who contribute daily to the success of the College.
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Longevity at Drexel Recognized Annually
January 07, 2022
Every year Drexel recognizes faculty and professional staff for their years of service to the university. The people who have dedicated so much of their professional lives to the education of future leaders are the backbone of the university.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 19, 2021
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we reflect on our mission for health equity and social justice and how we respond to the healthcare needs of transgender individuals.
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Co-Investigators From CNHP and School of Public Health receive $14.4M NIH Award for Health Disparities Research
October 14, 2021
New NIH grant awarded to Drexel University co-principal investigators, Ana Diez Roux, MD, PhD, and Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, to hire, retain and support 10 new faculty members with a long-term goal to transform university research policies, procedures and culture and create a sustained pipeline of outstanding, diverse faculty who are well-positioned to be successfully promoted and substantively contribute to health disparities research with significant impact on individual and population health outcomes.
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Celebrating Service During National Volunteer Week
April 20, 2021
Civic engagement is at the foundation of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, and touches the lives of everyone in the community. Read about some faculty, professional staff and student volunteers and how they found inspiration to give their time outside of work to help others.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May 12, 2020
This May we are in the middle of a pandemic. People are struggling with a number of physical and mental health challenges as a result of COVID-19's unpredictability and the way it's completely changed lives. Let's call upon Mental Health Awareness Month to remind us to make our mental health a priority.
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Tending to Students' Mental Health
April 10, 2020
Faculty from Counseling and Family Therapy organized and recorded a 30-minute Zoom check-in for students about mental health. They provided excellent resources and tips for handling our new situation.
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CAT Faculty Share Well-being Tips
April 07, 2020
Faculty and staff of the Creative Arts Therapies department took time during CAT Week to share what they're practicing to promote well-being. They are CNHP Heroes of COVID-19.
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CNHP Honors 2020 People of Purpose
March 05, 2020
Two years ago, Dean Gitlin launched a project that would celebrate and showcase people who represented the a deep-seated sense of purpose. In February, the College, along with 80 attendees, celebrated the 2020 People of Purpose at an event much like the inaugural of 2019.
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R & B News
April 24, 2018
With the addition of Associate Dean Stephanie Brooks, PhD, LCSW, LMFT as a contributor, Rundiogram has become R & B News. Brooks will be providing highlights from health professions while Rundio continues to write about nursing.
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Special Acknowledgments
April 24, 2018
Power over Pain is seeking group participants for this eight week program where members will learn about pain and what they can do to manage it.
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CNHP Clinical Practices Round-up
January 16, 2018
Ever wonder about CNHP’s practices? Where are they? Who they serve? What services are available at these practices? Read the Round-up to get an overview, then read all the individual articles posted highlighting the people who make these places run.
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Rundiogram
January 15, 2018
This is a monthly column highlighting the accomplishments of the faculty and students. It started as a column just for nursing, but we're expanding and renaming it. In the next issue of Off the Charts, look for "R & B Notes" by Al Rundio, PhD who continues to talk up nursing and Stephanie Brooks, PhD who will highlight health professions.
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News at 11
January 11, 2018
For 19 years, the nurse-led Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services has been touting a message of an integrative approach to health. Its people, patients, staff, and neighbors alike, benefit from such a great center.
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Future Leader of Community Health
January 10, 2018
If there is a perfect place for John Kirby, Jr. to work, it is the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Center and the perfect job for him is the one he currently has as the director of community health and wellness at 11th Street.
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Community Wellness Services at the HUB
January 09, 2018
It took over a year to gather information from residents of Mantua and Powelton Village before the Community Wellness HUB opened its doors. Looking at health concerns, Loretta Jemmott, PhD and her team created seven key areas for services.
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IPER Roles and Responsibilities
January 09, 2018
IPER's Brown Bag Lunch Series is off to a great start. New collaborative working groups are forming, ideas are being exchanged and faculty and students are getting excited about what learning outcomes will result from this series and work. Read the story to see how you can get involved.
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Power Over Pain
November 30, 2017
The number of Americans affected by chronic pain and the annual cost to treat it is staggering. Add to it the poor outcomes and it is clear that we are facing one of the most challenging health issues to address. A new approach is needed and Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT is working on just that.
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IPER Mindfulness Workshop Recap
November 29, 2017
Mindfulness is a hot topic. That's easy enough to see from the more than 55 students from multiple disciplines who came to "Mindfulness: for Clinical Practice and for Life" in early October. A workshop given by faculty in physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences and creative arts therapies, students experienced the science and the creative part of mindfulness.
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Commencement Activities and Celebrations
July 05, 2017
Academic excellence and hopes for the future were celebrated and shared at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts at CNHP’s commencement exercises. Graduates received sage advice and life’s lessons from two student commencement speakers and the incoming CEO of BAYADA Home Health Care on June 12.
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With Graditude for Your Service: 2017 Retirements
June 03, 2017
No matter how long an individual has been at the College of Nursing and Health Professions, be it faculty or staff, his or her contributions to the success of educating our students and changing the delivery of healthcare will be recognized for years to come.
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Music Demonstrated to Alleviate Cancer Patients' Symptoms
September 22, 2016
We’ve all heard of laughter being the best medicine, but what about music?
A systematic review published by the Cochrane Library found that there is significant evidence that music interventions help alleviate symptoms of anxiety, pain and fatigue in cancer patients, while also boosting their quality of life.
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The Real Art Therapists of New York
June 28, 2016
Drexel alumna joins forces with art therapists living and working in New York to tackle misinformation about adult coloring books with a coloring book of their own.
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Drexel Alumni Caring for Caregivers
February 15, 2016
Working in The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, it’s common to see a tremendous support system of doctors, caregivers and parents rally around a child with a serious illness – it is to be expected. But who is caring for the caregivers who rarely get to step away from their child’s bedside and their own distress?
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Miracle on 11th Street
January 19, 2016
Although the official name of Drexel’s health center at 11th and Parrish streets is the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services of Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions, it has adopted a more endearing moniker.
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Bridging the Gaps for 25 Years
September 22, 2015
When it launched at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991, Bridging the Gaps aimed to combine health-related service in economically disadvantaged communities with the education of future health and social service professionals. Just five years later, the initiative grew to a city-wide collaborative effort involving all of Philadelphia’s academic health centers, including Drexel. Bridging the Gaps is now also in Erie, Pittsburgh, the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey.
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Fulbright Scholar Hopes to Expand Art Therapy
September 22, 2015
After spending 10 years abroad in Russia, Israel and Denmark, Minh-Anh Nguyen, PhD, has finally landed in the Creative Arts Therapy Department to work on his research as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. His pursuit of scholarship and desire to bring creative arts therapies to his native Vietnam are the driving forces behind his tenure at Drexel.
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Sampling Careers at Summer Institute
July 30, 2015
If you were given a week to sample a desired major and connect with professionals in your field, all before coming to college, would you take it? The high school students who attended Drexel’s Exploration in Mental Health Careers hosted by the Behavioral Health Counseling Department certainly did. From June 22 – 26 and July 6 – 10 nearly 30 students made the journey to Drexel to get the inside scoop on all things mental health, and their experiences couldn’t have been more positive.
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46th Annual Conference of the American Art Therapy Association
July 30, 2015
Drexel’s art therapy faculty and alumni from both the PhD in Creative Arts Therapies and Masters in Art Therapy and Counseling programs were well represented at the 46th Annual Conference of The American Art Therapy Association (AATA). This year’s conference was held in Minneapolis, with Temple Grandin, PhD, as the keynote speaker.
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Grammy Grant Funds Music and Brain Study
April 16, 2015
When most people think about the Grammys they envision music's elite gathering to celebrate a year of achievements. For Joke Bradt, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies and certified music therapist, that vision includes music therapies and brain imaging.
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40 Under 40: Nicole Porter Willcox
March 13, 2015
Congratulations to Nicole Porter Willcox, a Creative Arts Therapy alumna, who was named one of Drexel’s 2015 40 Under 40! At just 34 years old, she has already made quite an impact on a community in need and has created a model capable of helping devastated communities nationwide.
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Bald So Hard
January 29, 2015
Mike Mahoney, MA Music Therapy ’11 helped Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia cancer patient Tom Gillin create the viral ‘Bald So Hard’ video featured on Today in September...
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Q&A with Victoria Scotti
January 29, 2015
Victoria Scotti, a PhD candidate in the Creative Arts Therapies program, was just awarded the Estonian Student Scholarship for the second year in a row. Along with classmate Angela Aicher, Scott is co-authoring an article on arts-based research...
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Girija Kaimal Consults on Therapeutic Art Program in Malawi
December 16, 2014
Girija Kaimal, PhD, was in Malawi, Africa in September 2014 as a research and evaluation consultant to Save the Children in their study of the outcomes of a project called Healing and Education through the Arts (HEART). The research project involved baseline assessments of over 800 children from approximately 60 preschools...
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Fulbright Scholar Studies Impact of Creative Arts Therapies on ASD
October 15, 2014
Liesbet Manders is a PhD candidate in the Creative Arts Therapies Department at the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2013 for her research proposal, which later took her to Heidelberg, Germany to investigate whether participants...
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Gioia Chilton Wins Research Award
September 25, 2014
Gioia Chilton, PhD, the first graduate of the College’s new PhD in Creative Arts Therapies Program, has been selected as a recipient of the E. Paul Torrance Graduate Student Research Award for 2014.
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Australian Colleagues Explore Collaboration Potential
July 14, 2014
This spring, the Department of Creative Arts Therapies welcomed research manager Lucy O’Brien, a visitor from the University of Melbourne who came to explore possibilities for collaboration between Drexel’s PhD program in Creative Arts Therapies and the University of Melbourne.
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Award Named for Alumna Myra Levick
July 14, 2014
The Myra Levick Award for Excellence in Art Therapy was recently established in honor of Myra Levick, a cherished member of the Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions community.
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Alumna Gives TED Talk in Egypt
July 14, 2014
Drexel College of Nursing and Health Professions alumna Carol Hammal, an art therapist, musician, and visual artist, presented during a TEDx (x= independently organized) event on June 27 at the German University in Cairo (GUC).
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What’s Next for Our Dragons?
July 14, 2014
Hundreds of College of Nursing and Health Professions students- both undergraduate and graduate- crossed the stage at the University’s 120th Commencement Exercises on June 13.
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College Provides Free Screenings for Veterans
July 14, 2014
The Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions was asked to provide Philadelphia’s veterans with an array of health screenings during the second annual City of Philadelphia City Council President’s Veteran’s Fair on May 21.
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Research Spotlight: Encouraging Preliminary Data Using Music Therapy for Chronic Pain
March 20, 2014
Millions of people suffer from chronic pain every year and, consequently, millions of people feel estranged from their social life, family, and physical body. “The body becomes the enemy so you try to get rid of the pain and almost get rid of your body,” associate professor in the creative arts therapies Joke Bradt, PhD, said. “People with chronic pain often see personal relationships destroyed because of their pain. The pain breaks down communication and leads to many misunderstandings and frustration. People often end up feeling lonely and isolated.”
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Alumni Update: Where are they now?
December 02, 2013
Erika Barrington (MA ’13) and Amy Capomacchio (MA ’13) hosted a workshop called Theatre of the Oppressed for mental health professionals at Studio 34 in Philadelphia. The workshop consisted of games and theatrical exercises designed to help improve communication skills...
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Yasmine Awais Spearheads Diversity Research in the Field of Art Therapy
September 12, 2013
Yasmine Awais, the new Assistant Director of Art Therapy within the College’s Department of Creative Arts Therapies, was awarded the first-ever Rawley Silver Research Award from the American Art Therapy Association (AATA). Awais earned the first award for her project, “Assessing Diversity in Art Therapy Programs..."
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Drexel’s Music Therapy Graduates Ace Board Exam for a Decade
August 29, 2013
Paul Nolan, Director of Music Therapy at the College of Nursing and Health Professions, has learned from the Certification Board for Music Therapists that Drexel students have regularly aced the Board Certification Exam for a decade. Results for the past 10 years indicate that Drexel graduates scored consistently above the national average for a 96.5 pass rate.
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Alumni Update: Where are they now?
August 14, 2013
John A. Kristel, MPT ‘97, President and CEO of the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been appointed Chair of the Good Shepherd Penn Partners Board of Directors...
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Alumni Update: Where are they now?
May 09, 2013
Christian Brenner, MHS ’13, joined the practice of Premier Orthopaedic Associates of South Jersey in Vineland New Jersey as a Physician Assistant. Brenner previously worked as an athletic trainer and physical therapy assistant...
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Art Therapy Student Libby Kimport Wins Drexel Research Day Award
May 09, 2013
Art Therapy graduate student Elizabeth
“Libby” Kimport won a Drexel Research Day Award for her study, The Effectiveness of Clay Work in the
Reduction of State Anxiety for Adult Psychiatric Inpatients: A One Group,
Pretest-Posttest Design. The purpose of Kimport’s study was to investigate
the efficacy of structured creative clay work as a means of decreasing state
anxiety in adult psychiatric inpatients. This is the second year in a row that
Kimport has won a Research Day Award.
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Alumna Lori Tiberi Helps Woman with Brain Injury Make Art
December 01, 2012
Lori Tiberi, a 2002 alumnae of the College’s Master’s in Creative Arts Therapy Program, has long promoted patient recovery through drawing, painting, and other creative projects. Today, she works as a creative arts therapist at the Magee Rehabilitation Center in the Jefferson Health System
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Students Lauren Messina and Jessica Schumacher Receive Hays Scholarship
October 01, 2012
Art Therapy students Lauren Messina and Jessica Schumacher are this year’s recipients of the Ronald E. and Nancy Scheller Hays Art Therapy Scholarship. The scholarship is offered to graduate students in the Art Therapy Master’s Program who complete the required courses in the first year of the program.
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Bradt Presents at National Music Therapy Conference
October 01, 2012
Arts Therapies Department professor Joke Bradt, PhD, gave 2 presentations at the American Music Therapy Association's national annual conference in mid-October. This year’s conference theme was “Changing Winds: Innovation in Music Therapy.”
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Art Therapy Alumni Reunite at Savannah Reception
August 01, 2012
On July 11, the College of Nursing and Health Professions hosted a reception for alumni and friends at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa in Savannah, Georgia. The event took place in conjunction with the American Art Therapy Association’s 43rd Annual Conference...
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Drexel Researcher Leads Review: Music Reduces Anxiety in Cancer Patients
August 10, 2011
Cancer patients may benefit from sessions with trained music therapists or from listening to music. Using music can reduce anxiety in cancer patients, and may also have positive effects on mood, pain and quality of life, according to a new Cochrane systematic review led by Joke Bradt, an associate professor in Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions.
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