Past Events

To hear about our public health events before they happen, sign up to receive the Dornsife School of Public Health's newsletter.

Sleep Deprivation Among Teens: A Public Health Epidemic

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 751
- Everyone
Read More
Christiana Care Value Institute Internship Information Session

Monday, March 4, 2019

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 132
- Graduate Students
Join us for an information session with Kim Williams, MPH '12, senior research associate at Christiana Care Health System's Value Institute, to discuss 12-month research internship opportunities at the Value Institute for graduating MPH students interested in population health research.
Read More
Breastfeeding Support Programs: Lactation Consultants and Milk Banks

Friday, March 1, 2019

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Nesbitt Hall, Room 320
- Everyone
All are invited to this Maternal and Child Health Speaker Series Presentation to learn about important community supports for mothers, including lactation consultants and milk banks.
Read More
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
Read More
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.
Read More
Black History Quizzo

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Nesbitt Hall Collaboratory
- Everyone
Read More
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
Read More
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
HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More