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March

MPH Student Leader Creates Culture of Public Health Advocacy Through Actions Across Campus

March 17, 2016

From the time she arrived in Philadelphia two years ago, Rosie Mae Henson, MPH '16, quickly became involved in activities in the Dornsife School of Public Health as well as the larger Drexel community. Henson is currently conducting her Community-Based Master's Project (CBMP) with the Department of Health and Human Services at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH). As a health policy intern, Henson is assisting with a range of concurrent projects in policy topical areas including ACA, Women's Health, Family Planning, Million Hearts, and HIV/AIDS.

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Drexel Doctoral Student Awarded T32 Training Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

March 14, 2016
Janna Ataiants, MPA, a third year doctoral student in Community Health and Prevention, has received a multi-year predoctoral fellowship funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
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Q+A: Are we Ready for the Zika Outbreak?

March 14, 2016

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Presenting an Integrated and Comprehensive Healthcare System for Vulnerable Adolescents and Young Adults at the Dornsife Population Health Spotlight

March 10, 2016
Dornsife School of Public Health welcomed Angela Diaz, MD, PhD, MPH, Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center for the March Population Health Spotlight Series talk. Dr. Diaz discussed the value of using an integrated health care system for adolescents.
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Urban Health Collaborative Convenes Network of Urban Health Leaders from Latin America

March 9, 2016
Nearly 30 participants from diverse scientific backgrounds – physicians, social scientists, geographers, engineers, urban planners, architects, epidemiologists – attended the second meeting of the Network for Urban Health in Latin America and the Caribbean. The network was launched in Philadelphia in September of 2015 in the context of the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health Urban Health Symposium. The second meeting was held March 7 and 8 at the foothills of the Andes mountains in Santiago, Chile.
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Q+A: The Public Health Effects of a Philly Soda Tax

March 1, 2016
To date, only one city in the United States has passed a soda tax: Berkeley California. But Mayor Jim Kenney reportedly hopes to have Philadelphia soon join the west coast city in taxing sugary beverages.
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March

MPH Student Leader Creates Culture of Public Health Advocacy Through Actions Across Campus

Drexel Doctoral Student Awarded T32 Training Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Q+A: Are we Ready for the Zika Outbreak?

Presenting an Integrated and Comprehensive Healthcare System for Vulnerable Adolescents and Young Adults at the Dornsife Population Health Spotlight

Urban Health Collaborative Convenes Network of Urban Health Leaders from Latin America

Q+A: The Public Health Effects of a Philly Soda Tax