Past Events

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Research and Teaching with Geographic Data Workshop

Friday, January 20, 2017

9:30 AM-1:00 PM

Urban Health Collaborative 3600 Market Street 7th Floor, Room 709 Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Staff
Leveraging Philadelphia-focused and national data
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Alternative Tumor Measurement-based Phase II Clinical Trial Endpoints to Predict Overall Survival

Thursday, January 19, 2017

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall Rm 719
- Everyone
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Seminar Series welcomes Ming-Wen An, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Vassar College. Dr. An will present "Alternative Tumor Measurement-based Phase II Clinical Trial Endpoints for Predicting Overall Survival, using the RECIST 1.1 data warehouse". The work she’ll be presenting is in collaboration with the Cancer Center Statistics group in the Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics at the Mayo Clinic.
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MCH Working Group and Student Organization Meeting

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 740
- Everyone
This will be a combined meeting for the MCH Working Group and the MCH Student Organization. All are welcome. Stay tuned for additional event details.
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Searching for Solutions: Human Trafficking and its Impacts on MCH

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 740
- Everyone
This Maternal Child Health Working Group Journal Club will be led by Frances Mack, MPH(c) and Arduizur Carli Richie-Zavaleta, DrPH(c), MASP, MAISP.
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Exploring Public Health Industries - Government

Thursday, January 12, 2017

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall Room 132
- Everyone
Attendees will hear from recent graduates MPH graduates who currently work for city or federal government. Alumni will share stories on how they found their current jobs, the application/interview process, and how their degree prepared them for government work.
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Population Health Spotlight - Featuring Dr. James Colgrove

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Ruth Auditorium
- Everyone
The Politics and Ethics of School Vaccination Laws
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Assessing Exposure to Hurricanes and Other Tropical Storms for Epidemiological Research

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 640
- Everyone
G. Brooke Anderson, PhD, assistant professor of Epidemiology at Colorado State University, will present this Environmental and Occupational Health seminar.
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Utilizing Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology to Identify Populations for Health Services Research

Monday, January 9, 2017

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market Street, Room 719
- Everyone
Gabriel Tajeu, DrPH, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama, will give an overview of his current cardiovascular disease epidemiology research as well as his research in the area of the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive medication.
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Research Seminar: Presented by UHC Pilot Funding Awardees

Friday, January 6, 2017

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Urban Health Collaborative 3600 Market Street, Room 709
- Everyone
The next UHC research seminar will feature presentations on UHC funded pilot projects in progress by Leah Schinasi, PhD, MSPH, Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, and Lee Pachter, DO. Topics include:

An investigation of associations between heat and infant mortality, and effect modification by greenness and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Presented by PI Leah Schinasi, MSPH, PhD

Using Data Integration to Create a Profile of Violence Needs and Assets to Inform Solutions in the Latino Community of Eastern North Philadelphia
Presented by PI Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, MPH

Intergenerational Associations between Adult Past Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Offspring Child Health Outcomes: The Philadelphia Urban ACE Study
Presented by PI Lee Pachter, DO, co-PI Felice Le-Scherban, PhD, MPH

To RSVP, please send an email to uhc@drexel.edu.
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The Price of Unhealthy Food Relative to Healthy Food - David Kern

Friday, December 16, 2016

2:45 PM-5:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
PhD Epidemiology student David Kern will present his thesis defense on 'The Price of Unhealthy Food Relative to Healthy Food and the Association with Diet Quality, Diabetes, and Insulin Resistance in a Multi-ethnic Population'
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