2015

- Dornsife Faculty and Student Orchestrate Impactful Community Summit on Violence in Chicago
  
  November 04, 2015
  
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- Health in the City: Dornsife School of Public Health Research at APHA Annual Meeting
  
  November 03, 2015
  
  At the 143rd annual American Public Health Association meeting and expo, faculty from the Dornsife School of Public Health presented research on the health effects of everything from air pollution to your home address.
  
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- Dornsife Leads Creation of Network to Promote Urban Health Research and Policy in Latin American and the Caribbean
  
  October 28, 2015
  
  To extend the reach and impact of successful approaches that have improved public health from Colombia to Chile, Dornsife Dean Ana Diez Roux convened an exploratory meeting of Latin American leaders from academia, urban design, public policy, government and urban health.
  
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- Assessing Risk for HIV: Dornsife SPH Research Improves Accuracy of Risk Assessments
  
  October 21, 2015
  
  A recent article, To Be or Not to Be: Bayesian Correction for Misclassification of Self-reported Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, by Neal Goldstein, PhD’15, Seth Welles, PhD, ScD, and Igor Burstyn, PhD has gained national attention in the field of epidemiology because the authors were able to quantify misclassification resulting from common approaches used to estimate HIV risk. The article was published in the September issue of Epidemiology.
  
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- Opening Population Health Spotlight Discusses Public Health Approach to Autism
  
  October 15, 2015
  
  A trio of experts from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute kicked off the first Population Health Spotlight of the 2015-2016 academic year in October, describing how the Institute is applying the three level population health prevention model to autism spectrum disorders.
  
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- Drexel’s School of Public Health Receives Transformative $45 Million Gift from Dana and David Dornsife
  
  September 30, 2015
  
  Drexel University’s School of Public Health has been named the Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health in honor of a transformative $45 million gift from longtime philanthropists Dana and David Dornsife widely known for their humanitarian efforts. The couple has donated a total of $58 million to the University.
  
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- New Public Health Chairs and Faculty Bring Increased Focus on Research Methods, Health Disparities, and Public Health Practice
  
  September 24, 2015
  
  Six new faculty members bring broad expertise in research methods, intervention research, health disparities, and public health practice to the Drexel School of Public Health.
  
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- Welcome Week Inspires New Students to Act
  
  September 21, 2015
  
  The Drexel University School of Public Health welcomed 15 new bachelor’s degree majors, 123 new master’s students and 9 new doctoral students during Welcome Week in September with an exciting series of programs and events.
  
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- Inaugural Symposium Explores How to Improve Urban Health
  
  September 16, 2015
  
  On September 10-11, 2015, Drexel SPH hosted its inaugural symposium, “Reimagining Health in Cities: New Directions in Urban Health Research and Action.” The event brought together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the globe to energize action around urban health, generate novel research ideas, and stimulate debate on policy implications and future directions. Attendees heard from 29 speakers and 60 additional projects were featured in an evening poster session exhibiting work from urban health programs around the world.
  
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- Students learn from local leaders, faculty teach abroad. Drexel makes a global impact on community health.
  
  September 15, 2015
  
  This summer, our faculty, scholars, and students were actively engaged in a variety of global health and international development projects. Faculty and students, regardless of where they spent their summers, continued to focus on community-based learning and application of innovative science and methods to improve health in communities around the globe.
  
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