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Global Health Research

Dornsife's faculty and students engage in collaborative research that continues to inspire change in global health policy and practice. Partnership with our global colleagues is central to the Office of Global Health's mission.

Learn more about our work through interviews and current project summaries:

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Global Health Interviews

Urban Health Global Impact

Global Health Projects

Faculty Working in Global Health Research at Dornsife

Faculty at the Dornsife School of Public Health engage in a wide range of research projects globally. Research spans across countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Faculty members’ recent research examined the impact of urban environments on mortality and health, cross-border migration on health status, and assessing progress for human rights programming on access to health services. Climate change research is a growing focus.

Our experts working full time on global health issues are listed below. You can also filter faculty by research interest in the Research section.

  • Sharrelle Barber

    Sharrelle Barber, ScD, MPH

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology,
    Director of The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
    smb483@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Racial/Ethnic Health Inequalities in Cardiovascular Disease
    • Social Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Health Inequalities in Cardiovascular Disease
    • Community-Engaged Research
    • Geography and Health
    • Multilevel Analysis
    • Spatial Analysis and GIS
    • Global Health
    • Urban Health

  • Usama Bilal

    Usama Bilal, MD, PhD, MPH

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Urban Health Collaborative
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
    267.359.6378
    ubilal@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Health and Place or Built Environment
    • Data Analysis Methods
    • Health Disparities
    • Spatial Analysis or GIS
    • Urban Health
    • Climate Change
    • Global Health

  • Ana Diez Roux

    Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD, MPH

    Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology
    Director of the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative
    Dean Emerita Dornsife School of Public Health
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
    avd37@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Social determinants of health
    • Neighborhoods and health
    • Race and ethnic health disparities
    • Psychosocial factors and cardiovascular disease
    • Air pollution epidemiology
    • Urban health
    • Multilevel methods
    • Complex systems approaches to population health
    • Health in Latin America
    • Climate change and health

  • Alex Ezeh

    Alex Ezeh, PhD

    Dornsife Professor of Global Health
    Community Health and Prevention
    267.359.6137
    ace86@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Global/International Health
    • Urban Health
    • Longitudinal Research Designs and Methods
    • Reproductive and Sexual Health
    • Population Change and Its Drivers
    • Health Systems Research
    • Research Capacity Strengthening

  • Arthur Frank

    Arthur Frank, MD, PhD

    Professor Emeritus and Clinical Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health
    267.359.6048
    alf26@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Cancer
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Global or International Health
    • History of Public Health
    • Occupational Health
    • Agricultural Safety and Health
    • Toxicology
    • Environmental Justice

  • Ali Groves

    Ali Groves, PhD, MHS

    Associate Professor
    Community Health and Prevention
    267.359.6274
    aligroves@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Reproductive or Sexual Health
    • Maternal and Child Health
    • Global Health
    • Data Analysis Methods
    • Health Disparities
    • Community Engaged Research

  • Longjian Liu

    Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    267.359.6049
    ll85@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Cardiovascular Disease
    • Diabetes
    • Environmental Exposures
    • Global health or International health
    • Health Disparities
    • Infectious Disease
    • Neurodevelopment and Neurologic disorders
    • Nutrition
    • Spatial Analysis or GIS
    • Urban Health
    • Pharmacoepidemiology
    • Air Quality and Urban Health in China
    • Health Failure Epidemiology

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    Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH

    Dana and David Dornsife Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health
    Professor of Epidemiology
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
    646.761.1362
    gsl45@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Cardiovascular Disease
    • Data Analysis Methods
    • Health and Place or Built Environment
    • Health Disparities
    • Spatial Analysis or GIS
    • Urban Health
    • Urban Trees and Greenspace
    • Local Retail and Urban Design
    • Transportation, Infrastructure and Policies

  • Ana Martinez-Donate headshot

    Ana Martinez-Donate, PhD

    Professor
    Community Health and Prevention
    267.359.6124
    martinez-donate@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Community Engaged Research
    • Immigrant Health
    • Health Disparities
    • HIV Prevention
    • Health Care Access
    • Latino Health
    • Syndemics

  • Alex Quistberg

    Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH

    Associate Research Professor
    Environmental and Occupational Health, Urban Health Collaborative
    267.359.6297
    daq26@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Data Analysis Methods
    • Global Health
    • Health and Place
    • Health Disparities
    • Spatial Analysis
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    • Urban Health
    • Intentional/Violent Injury and Trauma
    • Unintentional Injury and Trauma
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Computer Vision

  • Ayden Scheim

    Ayden Scheim, PhD (he/him)

    Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    267.359.6359
    ais63@drexel.edu

    Research Interests:
    • Global health or International health
    • Infectious Disease
    • Substance Use
    • Community Based Participatory Reseach
    • Social Epidemiology
    • Survey Research Methods
    • HIV/AIDS
    • LGBT Health

Visiting Global Health Scholars

As part of the Jonathan Mann Global Health and Human Rights Initiative, global health scholars support initiative activities and engage with global health and human rights work at Drexel University.

Learn more about our visiting global health scholars.

International Training Opportunities

For information on international training opportunities visit Global Health Training Opportunities.

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