Past Events

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Careers in Emergency Preparedness Webinar

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Online
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Prospective Students
- Public
In honor of National Public Health Week (NPHW) and Tuesday’s “Don’t Panic” theme, Drexel University School of Public Health will be hosting a Careers in Emergency Preparedness Webinar. This event is free to the public and is designed to connect undergraduate and graduate students, as well as public health professionals, to information about careers related to Emergency Preparedness. 4:00 PM -5:00 PM. Register here.
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Witnesses to Hunger on the War on Poverty: Exhibit & Events in DC

Friday, April 4, 2014

8:30 AM-5:30 PM

Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC
- Alumni
- Prospective Students
- Public
Witnesses to Hunger is a groundbreaking project featuring the voices & photography of caregivers who have experienced hunger & poverty first-hand.
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Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Drexel University School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 719, 3215 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Prospective Students
- Public
- Staff
Speaker: Rosemary Soka, MD, MOH, Georgetown University
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Mother of Invention: How the Government Created ‘Free Market’ Health Care

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

6:00 PM-12:00 AM

Penn Bookstore 3601 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-898-7595 www.upenn.edu/bookstore
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Public
- Staff
- Graduate Students
By relying on private enterprise more than any other developed nation, American health care has all the appearances of the free-market in action. For more than a hundred years, attempts to reform this system (including President Obama’s Affordable Care Act) have been met with opposition from parties warning against the stifling effect of government intervention. Mother of Invention traces the government’s role in building four key health care sectors into the financial powerhouses they are today: pharmaceuticals, hospitals, the medical profession, and private insurance.

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Executive MPH Degree Information Session

Saturday, March 22, 2014

9:30 AM-12:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall 33rd and Market Streets Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Parents & Families
- Prospective Students
Executive MPH Information Session

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Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Drexel University School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, 6th Floor, Room 640, Philadelphia, PA
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Prospective Students
- Public
- Staff
Topic: "Wastewater Microbiological Monitoring as a Health Sentinel"
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Public Health Grand Rounds: Featuring Dr. Perry Halkitis on "The AIDS Generation"

Thursday, March 13, 2014

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Drexel University Disque Hall, Room 103 32nd Street and Perelman Plaza Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Parents & Families
- Prospective Students
- Public
- Staff
"The AIDS Generation: Risk and Resilience in the Lives of Gay Men who are Long Term Survivors of AIDS"

A Grand Rounds lecture featuring Dr. Perry Halkitis, Professor, Applied Psychology, Public Health and Population Health, and Director, Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University.
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Applying the Numbers: Biostatistics and Epidemiology for an Intermediate Audience

Monday, March 10, 2014

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

TBA
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Public
- Staff
This course will build on the information learned in the beginner course. Please review the learning objectives to make sure intermediate is the right level for you.
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Environmental and Occupational Health Seminar

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Drexel University School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 719, 3215 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Prospective Students
- Public
- Staff
Speaker TBA
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CMS Philadelphia Regional Office Grant Writing Training

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Drexel University, Stiles Hall, 325 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Alumni
- Current Students
- Faculty
- Public
- Staff
This two day workshop will not only inform you about the grant writing process, but also allow you to experience grant writing through fast-paced group exercises that will result in a preliminary proposal draft. Topics to be addressed include the landscape of charitable giving in the US, fundraising planning, how non-profits prepare for grant writing, types of funders, elements of a proposal, budgeting, and identifying funders.
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