Past Events

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Philadelphia Public Health Career Fair

Friday, March 10, 2017

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Drexel University Behrakis Grand Hall 3210 Chestnut Street
- Everyone
Students are invited to join us for the Philadelphia Regional Public Health Career Fair hosted by Dornsife School of Public Health. This event is open to public health students (bachelors, masters, and doctoral) from universities throughout the tri-state area.
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Population Health Spotlight - Featuring Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Ruth Auditorium
- Everyone
Presented by Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, Director of the Global Health Institute, Professor and Chair in Health and Environment, University of Wisconsin.
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Understanding and Intervening on Social and Structural Determinants of HIV among Women in Durban

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 320
- Everyone
Allison Groves, PhD, MHS, research assistant professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health Department of Community Health and Prevention, will be presenting on “Understanding and Intervening on Social and Structural Determinants of HIV among Women in Durban, South Africa”. Dr. Groves is committed to promoting social justice and decreasing gender inequalities in health through multilevel interventions. She has engaged in interventions and research across a diverse array of settings and her work focuses on the social and structural factors that perpetuate poor sexual and reproductive health across the globe. Throughout her career, Dr. Groves has paid particular attention to understanding and addressing the high burden of HIV infection and intimate partner violence (IPV) among women in sub-Saharan African. She uses both qualitative and quantitative methods in her research and interventions.
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GIS Workshop - GIS Part I: Getting Started with ArcGIS

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Pearlstein Business Learning Center Room 206
- Everyone
Getting Started with ArcGIS is the first in a three-part series of hands-on trainings designed to teach new users how to create basic maps using ArcGIS software and explore spatial data for Philadelphia.
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Sex and Gender Research Forum

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

8:45 AM-4:00 PM

Gerri C. LeBow Hall, Grand Meeting Room, Room 220
- Everyone
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Greening and Gentrification: Assumptions, Relationships and Alternatives - EOH Research Seminar

Monday, March 6, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Hamil Pearsall, PhD, assistant professor in the Geography and Urban Studies Department at Temple University will present this Environmental and Occupational Health seminar on case studies of environmental gentrification processes in Philadelphia that demonstrate the impacts for residents.
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Urban Health Collaborative Research Seminar

Friday, March 3, 2017

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Presented by UHC Pilot Funding Awardees Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, and Rachel Peters, MPH, DrPHc, this research seminar series provides opportunities to learn about new areas in urban health research and explores ways research can impact practice and policy in urban settings.
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Research Seminar: Presented by UHC Pilot Funding Awardees

Friday, March 3, 2017

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Presented by UHC Pilot Funding Awardees: Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA, Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, and Rachel Peters, MPH
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Public Health Implications of Changes in Environmental and Climate Policies

Thursday, March 2, 2017

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Ruth Auditorium
- Everyone
Join the Dornsife School of Public Health for our next event in a series reflecting on key public health issues under our new administration. We invite all of our community and our partners throughout the region to engage in these critical conversations and to join us as we renew our commitment to protect and promote the health of the public.
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Venues and Risk Networks: Contexts of Substance Use and HIV among High Risk Women in Tijuana, Mexico

Monday, February 27, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 320
- Everyone
Brooke West, PhD, an assistant professor in the Division of Global Public Health and the Department of Sociology at the University of California San Diego will be presenting on “Venues and Risk Networks: Contexts of Substance Use and HIV among High Risk Women in Tijuana, Mexico” at this Community Health and Prevention seminar. As a medical sociologist, her research focuses on the social determinants of HIV/STI, substance use and reproductive health among marginalized populations. Dr. West’s current work examines how physical and network characteristics of venues shape substance use and HIV/STI transmission among female sex workers and injectors in Tijuana, Mexico.
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