Past Events

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Identifying Research and Training Needs to Advance Maternal Health Policy and Equity

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

12:00 PM-2:30 PM

Online
- Everyone
The 2021 Drexel MCH Symposium will highlight innovations in policy and practice to address maternal mortality and to identify data, research, and training needs. The symposium is grounded in the need to amplify existing, and identify new, solutions to address persistent inequities in maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. The event will include a call to action to increase awareness of and advocate for policies to improve maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. This event will engage policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and students focused on maternal and child health equity.
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Geospatial Needs for Environmental Justice

Friday, May 21, 2021

11:00 AM-5:30 PM

Online
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Geographical sorting of populations by race, ethnicity, income, education, political attitudes, and other factors are significant contributors to disparities in individual and social exposure to environmental toxins and risks.
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Climate Year Speaker Series: Infrastructure + Health: The Impacts of COVID/Climate on Transportation

Thursday, May 20, 2021

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Everyone
Join us for a Drexel Climate Year Speaker Series event.
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Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club Discussion

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “Association of Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy With Neonatal Outcomes” by Mikael Norman and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute.
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Shout Gladi Gladi - Film Screening & Discussion

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

Online
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
The screening will be held via Zoom and will be preceded by a brief MCHSO general body meeting to learn more about student MCH interests and ideas for future MCHSO events.
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Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club Discussion

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive number, Rt” by Katelyn M. Gostic, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Chicago.
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COVID-19 and Global Health: Programming in a Pandemic

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Everyone
COVID-19 has overhauled health systems globally. More than one year into the pandemic, how have health systems across the world changed? How have organizations adapted their services, as well as responded to COVID-19 in the countries in which they work?
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Diversity and Inclusion: Conceptual Framework for Smart Home Research and Practice

Friday, May 7, 2021

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong, PhD, RN, assistant professor at the College of Nursing at Washington State University, and her academic-community research team will discuss diversity and inclusion in health-assistive technology research with minoritized older adults and immigrants’ perceptions of a health-assistive smart home.
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Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club Discussion

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “Assessment of protection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 among 4 million PCR-tested individuals in Denmark in 2020: a population-level observational study” by Christian Holm Hansen and colleagues from the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen.
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Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club Discussion

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Online via Zoom
- Undergraduate Students
- Graduate Students
- Faculty
- Staff
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “Molecular Clockwork and the Origins of COVID-19.”
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