Past Events

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MPH & MS Accepted Students Day

Saturday, March 29, 2025

10:00 AM-12:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall 3215 Market St Philadelphia, PA 19104 & Virtually via Zoom
- Prospective Students
Accepted students are invited to meet future classmates, and learn how the Dornsife School of Public Health will position you for a successful and rewarding public health career.
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Foundation Grants Two-Day Workshop

Friday, March 21, 2025

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

3600 Market, room tbd
- Faculty
The Research Office at the Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH) is hosting the Drexel Foundation Relations team for a two-day interactive workshop on 3/17 and 3/21 focused on developing Foundation Grant Applications.
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UHC Invited Speaker Series: Dr. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 132 Dornsife School of Public Health 3215 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Everyone
The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative is honored to host Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, PhD. A sociologist and demographer, she studies racial inequality in mortality in the historical and contemporary United States.
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Environmental and Occupational Health Dissertation Defense

Monday, March 17, 2025

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Nesbit Hall, Room 132 and Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Parents & Families
Rachit Sharma, MBBS, MPH, in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, will defend his dissertation titled "Air pollution, temperature, and social stressors in pediatric seizures and epilepsy across New York City."
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Free Textbook Giveaway

Beginning March 17, 2025

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

Nesbitt Hall, 5th floor
- Everyone
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is giving away textbooks on a variety of topics in epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health—completely free!
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Environmental & Occupational Health Thesis Defense: Ripon Hosain

Friday, March 14, 2025

9:30 AM-10:15 AM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 640 and via Zoom
- Everyone
Join us as Ripon Hosain, ASP, presents his thesis research, exploring the association between occupation and lung cancer incidence.
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MCH Journal Club: Food Access and Long-Term Health

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join the Maternal and Child Health Program for a discussion on how neighborhood food access during pregnancy and early childhood shapes long-term health.
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Population Health Spotlight Series - Dr. Heidi Larson

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Online
- Everyone
"Infectious Disease: Prevention, Prediction, and Perspectives" is the theme of the Dornsife School of Public Health's 2024-25 Population Health Spotlight Series.
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Climate Change and Urban Health Webinar Series: Dr. Horacio Riojas, Presented by CCUH and SALURBAL-C

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Livestreamed at the UHC: 3600 Market Street, Room 709 Zoom: https://drexel.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqf--qqzgoHt0R797BlnBXTQGUQQsF_MfE
- Everyone
Please join the Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) for a webinar featuring Dr. Horacio Riojas, from the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.
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Scaling up Ethical Disability & Mental Health Prevention in Minoritized Older Adults

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Zoom (https://drexel.zoom.us/j/2040332500) or Nesbitt Hall Room 440
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- LGBTQA Community
- Faculty
- Staff
Dr. Thalia Porteny is a health policy scholar and applied ethicist whose interests are motivated by the needs she saw growing up in Mexico and working in the Mexican Ministry of Health. Her work aims to better understand the health needs and experiences of vulnerable populations, primarily older adult migrants, to advance fairer patient treatment, allocation, and access to health resources.
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