Past Events

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Infant Mortality Memorial

Thursday, December 1, 2016

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Lobby
- Everyone
Drexel Preconception Peer Educators will be showcasing their posters on the causes of infant mortality, the impact and the prevention strategies employed by different campaigns and agencies. In addition, there will be a Infant Mortality Memorial display for participants to visualize the impact.
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Urban Health Collaborative Research Seminar: Alan Marshall

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
The UHC is pleased to present Alan Marshall, PhD, lecturer for the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St. Andrews. Dr. Marshall's research is concerned with understanding and describing social and spatial inequalities in health focusing on how individual characteristics and contextual factors (from national to neighborhood) interact to influence health across the life course and particularly in later life. His talk is entitled "Developing neighborhood forecasts of demographic change and of populations in poor health: do the characteristics of place influence the choice of forecasting method and the error that we might expect?"
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UHC Invited Speaker - Dustin Duncan on Spatial Epidemiology of LGBT Health Disparities

Friday, November 18, 2016

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Everyone
A social and spatial epidemiologist, Dr. Duncan studies how specific neighborhood characteristics influence population health and health disparities.
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Public Health Alumni Meetup

Thursday, November 17, 2016

6:30 PM-9:30 PM

Field House 1150 Filbert St. Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Alumni
Philadelphia Alumni Meet Up
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Drexel GIS Day

Thursday, November 17, 2016

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health 3600 Market Street, Room 709
- Everyone
This event will include presentations from the Dornsife School of Public Health's Urban Health Collaborative and the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, and the CoAS Dept of Sociology.
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MCH Working Group and Student Organization Meeting

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

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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MCH Journal Club: Impact of Removing Planned Parenthood Programs

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, 7th Floor Lounge
- Everyone
Alia Barnes, first year MPH student in Community Health and Prevention, will lead the discussion surrounding the impact reduced Planned Parenthood programs have on maternal health.
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Data Visualization Workshop

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Everyone
Katie Lynn, a second year MPH student at Dornsife School of Public Health will teach how to communicate your data analysis project in this workshop. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn to create visually-appealing charts, maps, etc using Tableau, a free data visualization software. Please RSVP at goo.gl/Wc9pjF
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Urban Health Collaborative Research Seminar: Alex Quistberg

Thursday, November 10, 2016

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Everyone
The UHC is pleased to present Alex Quistberg, PhD, Research Scientist at the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center at the University of Washington. Dr. Quistberg's research lies at the intersection of road safety, physical activity, the built environment and transportation. His primary research interests are in developing methods and interventions that both promote walking and biking and reduce the risk of road injuries to pedestrians and cyclists, both domestically and globally. His talk is entitled "The Epidemiology of Safe and Active Transportation: Challenges and Opportunities."
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EPI/BIO Seminar Series - The Changing Face of Epidemiology: Examples from a Women's Health Research

Thursday, November 10, 2016

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Dornsife School of Public Health Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics welcomes Deborah B Nelson, PhD, associate professor and director, Maternal & Child Wellness Lab at the Temple University College of Public Health. She'll present "The Changing Face of Epidemiology: Examples from a Women's Health Research Portfolio."
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