2017

- Dornsife Doctoral Student Wins Award for Research Identifying Increased Risk of Repeated Drug Overdose among Female Victims of Sexual Violence
  
  May 12, 2017
  
  Janna Ataiants, MPA, MA, DrPH(c) Community Health and Prevention, won a College of Physicians award for her poster, Violence and Overdose among Women in a Harm Reduction Program, at the organization’s annual Public Health Student Poster Session held on May 9.
  
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- Drexel Dornsife Professor to Chair College of Physicians of Philadelphia's Section on Public Health
  
  May 10, 2017
  
  James Buehler, MD, clinical professor of Health Management and Policy in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, has been elected to chair the Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
  
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- Drexel Dornsife Professor Named as Fellow of Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program
  
  May 10, 2017
  
  Leslie Ain McClure, PhD, MS, professor and chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, was recently named a fellow in the 2017-2018 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) program.
  
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- Drexel University’s 2017 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 08, 2017
  
  With Drexel University’s commencement just around the corner, the University is announcing its complete list of speakers and honorary degree recipients for the 2017 ceremonies.
  
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- Health Care Reform Experts Debate House Bill on Eve of Vote
  
  May 05, 2017
  
  The day before the House of Representatives voted to pass the American Health Care Act, a group of health care policy experts gathered at the Dornsife School of Public Health to walk through the past, present and future paths to health reform in the U.S.
  
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- Senator Hears from Constituents Likely to Be Impacted by Benefit Cuts
  
  May 02, 2017
  
  U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) recently joined a discussion with Philadelphians who depend on federal benefit programs that are threatened by recent policy proposals.
  
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- Emerging Graduate Scholars Show Research at First-Ever Conference
  
  May 01, 2017
  
  Drexel University’s first-ever Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference was recently held to give graduate students a chance to share their interdisciplinary work and test out their presentation skills.
  
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- More Drexel Authors Recognized Than Ever at 2017 Annual Event
  
  May 01, 2017
  
  This year marks the fifth time that Drexel authors have been celebrated in a ceremony highlighting their remarkable achievements in publishing.
  
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- MPH Student Lands Post-Graduation Job through Hard Work and Dornsife Connections
  
  April 26, 2017
  
  Katrina Obieta, MPH Health Management and Policy ’17, had an ambitious game plan for finding a job after graduation: apply to 50 jobs during Winter quarter to get a job by graduation in June. Her dedication and hard work paid off: midway through finals week in March, Obieta landed a position as Strategy Analyst at Cancer Treatment Centers of America's main headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.
  
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- Dornsife Doctoral Alumna Starts ASPPH/CDC Public Health Workforce Development Fellowship
  
  April 26, 2017
  
  Purni Abeysekara, DrPH ’16, MPH, learned that she had been accepted for a fellowship supported by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) two days before she presented her Community Health and Prevention doctoral dissertation defense in December.
  
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