Past Events

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Strategies to Better Assist Autistic and Neurodivergent Students

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

MacAlister Hall, Skyview Room, 6th Floor (also a virtual option upon registering)
- Faculty
- Staff
Hosted by the Center for Autism and Neurodiversity (CAN) as a part of their Faculty & Staff Education Series, this event is aimed at providing strategies to better assist Autistic and Neurodivergent students.
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Coffee & Convos: Alysha Melnyk

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
Coffee & Convos offers students and alumni or employers an opportunity to connect and network. Bring your own coffee or tea and connect with Alysha Melnyk, MPH '25, Manager, Strategic Partnerships (Global Marketing) at ECRI.
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Alumni & Friends Reception at APHA

Sunday, November 2, 2025

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Right Proper Brewing Company 624 T St. NW. Washington D.C., 20001
- Alumni
Headed to Washington, D.C. for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting?
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QuIEHR Working Group Hybrid Business Meeting

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 240 and Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- LGBTQIA+ Community
- Faculty
- Staff
Please join the Queer Inclusion, Equity, Health, & Rights Working Group for their first business meeting of the Fall quarter.
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Innovations in Opioid Overdose Prevention: From Experimental Models to Wearable Tech

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Nesbitt Conference, Room 440 & Online via Zoom
- Everyone
Join the Dornsife Department of Community Health and Prevention for a talk with Dr. Basak Tas, Research Fellow at the National Addiction Centre, King’s College London, who will share her innovative research on opioid overdose prevention and treatment.
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MCH Journal Club

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join us for thoughtful discussion on how abortion legislation impacts maternal mortality.
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Stand Up, Speak Out! Advocacy and Action Fair

Saturday, October 25, 2025

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

Triple Bottom Brewery 915 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia PA 19123
- Everyone
Join Network Nation for an inspiring gathering at Triple Bottom Brewery where you can connect with local advocacy organizations and discover resources to lead community change. This event highlights how taking action serves as a powerful pathway for individuals and communities to heal our trauma. You’ll have opportunities to meet organizations and connect with other community members who are ready to stand up, speak out, and take action to make change in their own neighborhoods and across Philadelphia. This event is planned and lead by Network Nation, a community-member–led organization of alumni of the Building Wealth and Health Network, and made possible through the generous support of Women’s Way and Triple Bottom Brewery. Together we can heal — and hold the power to create lasting change.
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Citizen Science and Communication in Urban Health Research

Thursday, October 23, 2025

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Online
- Everyone
Please join the Climate Change and Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL-Climate) and the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative for a webinar featuring Dr. Manuel Franco.
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In Loving Communion: Critical Conversations on Racism, Health, and Healing

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Online via Zoom
- Everyone
Join the Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity with Ashley Gripper, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and the Ubuntu Center, whose talk focuses on rethinking how to evaluate impact through collective self-determination, embodied earth care, and Ubuntu.
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Preparing Your Data for Spatial Linkages in Research with Secondary Health Data Source

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Meredith Bloom and Jamie Reese
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
"Preparing Your Data For Spatial Linkages in Research With Secondary Health Data Sources" will be an interactive, hands-on session where you will learn to identify spatial information in your data and leverage it by connecting to secondary data sources.
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