Pearl discusses White Hot documentary

Sharrona Pearl, PhD, an associate teaching professor in the Health Administration Department, and colleagues published Branding Exclusion in White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch in Advertising & Society Quarterly.

October 31

Faculty across CNHP and DSPH give International Presentation 

In September, Edwin McCulley, MS, doctoral research fellow at the Dornsife School of Public Health, presented the results of a team project examining the link between disability and all-cause mortality. The research team includes Stephen Samendinger, PhD, associate teaching professor in the Health Sciences Department, and  Kristine Mulhorn, PhD, chair of the Health Administration Department and clinical professor.

The conference was the 33rd REVES Meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which included several demographers, scientists and scholars addressing the patterns of health expectancy, including disability-free life expectancy in different parts of the world.

This team’s work focused on data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey, using an internationally standardized set of disability questions, and noted higher relative rates of all-cause mortality among individuals living with at least one disability. This work was the culmination of work since 2020, when McCulley, a PhD student in Epidemiology began working with Samendinger and Mulhorn on the project.

October 24

Art Therapy Faculty Appear on Episode 94 of the Think UDL Podcast

Michele Rattigan, MA and Denise Wolf, MA, associate clinical professors in Creative Arts Therapies, were interviewed by Lillian Nave of the Think UDL podcast.

They talk about the myth of perfectionism, teaching interventions to reach a variety of students (with an equally vast set of skills), what to do if you want to include art and creative expression in your classes as to expand your multiple means of expression options but aren’t an artist or an art therapist and how to face skill deficits with a lens of growth and renewal. Take a listen.

October 24

Nasser appointed NIH mentor for the All of Us Research Scholar Program

Jennifer Nasser, PhD, associate professor and director of the PhD program in Nutrition Sciences, was recently appointed a mentor in the NIH All of Us Research Scholar Program.

In this capacity Nasser will mentor two graduate students from Us medical or biomedical programs in conducting research across an eight months period, utilizing the All of Us health information databases maintained by the NIH.

October 17

Faculty Volunteers Needed for a Research Study

We invite you to take part in this research study exploring the lived experience of Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP) faculty facilitating diverse students in the classroom.

This research study is being done by a Drexel University doctoral student.

Eligible participants:

• Current CNHP faculty.
• Currently facilitating CNHP-related courses for at least six months.
• Must be able and willing to commit to 2-hour participation in a study interview.

If you are interested in participating, please contact: TeachDiverseStudy@drexel.edu.

October 12

Dean’s Rapid Response Relevant Grant (R3) awarded

Three research teams have been awarded the Dean’s Rapid Response Relevant Grant (R3). They include:

• Paulina Sockolow, DrPH, MS, MBA (PI), Renee Moore PhD (Co-I), Edgar Chou MD (Consultant), Joy Doll OT (Co-I)
  Project Title: Assessing the impact of health information technology for screening, referral, and receipt of social services on healthcare utilization and patient outcomes.

• Lynette Montgomery, PT, PhD
  Project Title: Effects of a Contusion versus Hemisection Spinal Cord Injury Model on Hindlimb Kinematics During the Early Stance Phase of Gait in the Rodent

• Brandy-Joe Milliron, PhD (PI), Dahlia Stott, PhD (Co-I), Dane Ward, PhD (Co-I), Janell Mensinger, PhD (Co-I), Chetan Sharma, PhD (Co-I), Jonathan Deutsch, PhD (Co-I)
  Project Title: Nature Rx2: A mixed methods study exploring the relationships among interactions with nature and dietary quality.

One PhD student has been awarded the Dean’s PhD Student Research Award for the summer 2022 cycle.

• Asli Arslanbek, MA, ATR-BC
  Project Title: Arts-based psychosocial intervention training in post-disaster settings: Clinical, ethical, cultural, and professional implications

Congratulations to these recipients for their exciting new pilot projects!

October 5

Pearl quoted on The Pulse

A 2021 episode of The Pulse quoting Sharrona Pearl, PhD, an assistant teaching professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, about her research on prison plastic surgery programs to reduce recidivism re-aired Sept. 26 on NPR channels WNYC-FM (New York, New York) and KCUR-FM (Kansas City, Missouri).

October 4

Norris participated in Sound Health Summit

Marisol Norris, PhD, assistant clinical professor and director of Music Therapy and Counseling, participated in the Sound Health Summit at the Kennedy Center. She and four-time Grammy Award winner Esperanza Spadling and Helena Hansen, MD, PhD, interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, interim director of the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, and interim physician-in-chief of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric, collaboratively designed an interactive musical concert experience. Norris facilitated the music and health multiple co-lab and discussion sessions and participated in a panel discussion entitled "Signal Boost: Equity and Access in Music and Wellness" to discuss critical justice issues across mental health and research.

October 4

DiMaria-Ghalili moderates Malnutrition Awareness Week session

Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, senior associate dean for Research and professor of nursing, was a moderator for the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition’s Malnutrition Awareness Week session on Malnutrition in the Older Adult: Identification and Intervention in the Community Setting on September 19, 2022.

Due to a last minute technical glitch she also delivered the presentation on Nutrition Screening for Undernutrition in Older Adults: Past, Present and Future at the session. Recordings from this session are available for on-demand viewing.

October 1