Past Events

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Food for Thought: Diet and Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 320
- Everyone
Cindy Leung, ScD, MPH, a nutrition epidemiologist in the Center for Health and Community in the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine will be presenting on “Food for Thought: Diet and Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations” at this Community Health and Prevention seminar. Dr. Leung’s current research, supported by an NIH Career Development Award, focuses on the influence of household food insecurity on weight gain through mechanisms of psychological distress and cognitive decision-making processes. Another theme of Dr. Leung’s research is using specific evidence to strengthen the nutritional impact of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Doctoral Students Advisory Group (DSAG) "Lunch & Research"

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 740
- Graduate Students
Our next "Lunch & Research" event presenter will be Salini Mohanty. Ms. Mohanty is a 4th-year doctoral student in the Community Health and Prevention department. Her dissertation focuses on vaccine hesitancy in the United States—particularly examining how pediatricians and their practices respond to parental vaccine hesitancy.
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Alcohol-Related Disparities: Investigating Conditional Relationships

Monday, February 20, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 320
- Everyone
Paul Gilbert, PhD, ScM, an assistant professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the University of Iowa, College of Public Health will be presenting on “Alcohol-Related Disparities: Investigating Conditional Relationships for a Better Understanding of Risk” at this Community Health and Prevention seminar. Dr. Gilbert conducts research to understand and address alcohol-related disparities. He is particularly interested in the ways that gender, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation shape drinking patterns, risk of alcohol use disorders, and utilization of treatment services. A secondary line of research focuses on improving the health of immigrant Latino communities in non-traditional migration destinations through participatory, action-oriented research.
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Ambient Temperature and Crime Events in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: EOH Research Seminar

Monday, February 20, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Leah Schinasi, PhD, assistant research professor in Environmental and Occupational Health at the Dornsife School of Public Health, will present this seminar on time series analysis of associations between ambient temperatures and rates of crimes, including robbery, disorderly conduct, and violent crime in Philadelphia, PA.
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Safe Sex Kit Campaign

Thursday, February 16, 2017

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health, Nesbitt Lobby
- Everyone
Drexel Preconception Peer Educators will host a Safe Sex Kit Campaign, which aims to distribute safe sex kits in order to increase awareness about condom usage to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
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Social Factors that “Get Under the Skin” for Cancer Screening & Survivorship

Thursday, February 16, 2017

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics welcomes Lorraine T. Dean, ScD, assistant professor in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who will present: Social Factors that “Get Under the Skin” for Cancer Screening & Survivorship. This interactive talk with give a brief introduction to the field of social epidemiology, and present results from several studies on social (social capital) and economic (financial hardship) determinants of breast cancer and screening survivorship outcomes. This is a great opportunity to learn about the ways in which chronic disease outcomes reflect the larger social context in which people live, work, and play.
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Psychosocial and Environmental Factors concerning Black Women’s PrEP use: Implications for Communica

Thursday, February 16, 2017

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 320
- Everyone
Shawnika Hull, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University will be presenting on "Psychosocial and Environmental Factors concerning Black Women’s PrEP use: Implications for Communication". Dr. Hull’s work focuses on using mass mediated communication to affect health beliefs and behaviors. Her work includes the design, implementation and evaluation of mass mediated messages promoting HIV testing among young women of color, raising awareness about PrEP in Milwaukee and DC, and promoting acceptance of sexual minorities.
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Large, Sparse Optimal Matching in an Observational Study of Surgical Outcomes

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Large, Sparse Optimal Matching in an Observational Study of Surgical Outcomes
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From variable selection to differential Bayesian networks

Friday, February 10, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics welcomes Hongmei Zhang, Associate Professor in Biostatistics at the University of Memphis, Program Coordinator for Biostatistics, and Director of the Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health who will present: From variable selection to differential Bayesian networks.
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“Good” safety climate alone may not be enough: Impacts of climate strength on safety behavior

Friday, February 10, 2017

10:30 AM-11:50 AM

Gerri C. LeBow Hall, Room 208
- Everyone
Jin Lee, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University, will present his research examining the moderating effect of safety climate strength (degree of perceptual agreement/consensus) among workgroup members on the relationship between safety climate level and safety behavior.
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