Past Events

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Opioids and Substance Use in Philadelphia

Friday, March 1, 2019

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Everyone
Urban Health Collaborative's Invited Speaker Series: Jeffrey Hom, MD, MPH
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Understanding Cognitive Disparities Among Blacks

Thursday, February 28, 2019

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
The Community Health and Prevention department at the Dornsife School of Public Health presents DeAnnah Byrd, PhD, postdoctoral scholar, Wayne State University. Byrd’s early career work, which examined health disparities over the life course and identified Black and White differences in trajectories of cognitive abilities using the Americans Changing Lives Survey, has formed the basis for her research program, which focuses on elucidating racial disparities in adult cognition.
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Black History Quizzo

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall Collaboratory
- Everyone
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Community-engaged Environmental Health Research — Developing Environmental Health Disparities Map

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Environmental and Occupational Health Research Seminar
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Population-based Perspectives on Autism Prevalence Trends, Risk Architecture and Life Course

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

AJ Drexel Autism Institute Idea Lab 3020 Market Street, Suite 501
- Everyone
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Class Visit Day

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

10:30 AM-2:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 240
- Graduate Students
We invite you to participate in one of our Class Visit Days to learn how an MPH from the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health can help you achieve your academic and professional goals. Guests will have the opportunity to learn about the MPH curriculum, have lunch with our current students, and observe the Community Engagement in Public Health Practice and Research course taught by Sheldon Oliver Watts, PhD, MPH, clinical research professor at the Dornsife School of Public Health.
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Neighborhood Context and Racial Inequities in Cardiometabolic-Related Pregnancy Outcomes: Unexpected

Monday, February 25, 2019

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Everyone
Irene Headen, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the Dornsife School of Public Health, researches the role of neighborhood context in shaping and perpetuating racial/ethnic inequities in pre- and perinatal health outcomes with a lens toward how to adapt research methodologies to facilitate the translation of evidence into programs and policies that improve pre- and perinatal health for women of color.
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Mixing Sex-seeking and Health Talk: How do gay men access both online?

Thursday, February 21, 2019

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Seminar
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Reimagining Health Disparities Research: Barriers to Health Equity in Black Communities

Thursday, February 21, 2019

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Erica C. Spears, PhD, MA, postdoctoral research fellow at Auburn University’s Center for Health Ecology and Equity Research, is a health disparities researcher whose work focuses on promoting health equity and chronic disease prevention in communities of color. Her current research focuses on the social-environmental determinants of health among African American women with systemic lupus erythematosus, a disease characterized by significant disparities along both gender and racial lines.
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Public Health Leadership: Bridging Science with Practice

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
- Everyone
Cheryl Healton, DrPH, dean of the NYU College of Global Public Health and founding president and CEO of the Legacy Foundation, will be speaking about public health leadership and her efforts to decrease teen smoking at the foundation.
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