2021

- New Study Finds Stress and Social Strain Were Each Associated with Increased Risk of Heart Disease Among Women
  
  March 10, 2021
  
  New research finds alleviating stress may have an important role in the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women, especially for women who experience work- and home-related stress.
  
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- How the Return Oversight Committee is Guiding Drexel During the Pandemic
  
  March 05, 2021
  
  Marla Gold, MD, director of the Return Oversight Committee, discussed how decisions are made to ensure the safety of Drexel students, faculty, professional staff and neighbors both on and off campus.
  
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- Police Violence is a Public Health Issue
  
  March 03, 2021
  
  The Community Violence Working Group, funded by Dornsife's Urban Health Collaborative, has created a data brief to present available data on police-inflicted violence in Philadelphia.
  
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- Due to Low Satisfaction with Care Access, Rural Enrollees in Medicare Advantage are Switching to Traditional Medicare
  
  March 01, 2021
  
  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">More than one out of every 10 seniors (10.5%) enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, also known as a Medicare managed care option, and living in a rural area, switched to traditional <a href="https://www.medicare.gov/" style="color: #0563c1;">Medicare</a> during 2010-2016. The switch was driven primarily due to low satisfaction with care access, according to a study published this week in <em>Health Affairs</em> from researchers at <a href="https://drexel.edu/dornsife/" style="color: #0563c1;">Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health</a>. </p>
  
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- What Do COVID-19 Case Numbers Really Mean and What Numbers Are Useful?
  
  February 19, 2021
  
  Recently published research from experts at Dornsife suggests failures locally and globally in how COVID numbers are gathered and shared may be part of the reason for confusion.
  
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- Dornsife Holds Second Annual Public Health Student Case Competition
  
  February 19, 2021
  
  Nine interdisciplinary teams were tasked with addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and proposing informed solutions for select Philadelphia communities.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  February 17, 2021
  
  This update offers a snapshot of recent activity, including Miriam Giguere, PhD, head of the Department of Performing Arts and professor in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, who was awarded a $400,000 grant to create a citywide music-based project.
  
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- Is the United States Honoring Its ‘Melting Pot’ Identity?
  
  January 22, 2021
  
  Three recent papers from researchers at Dornsife, discuss continued inequalities and growing challenges faced by many immigrants in the U.S.
  
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- COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities Dashboard
  
  January 21, 2021
  
  The Urban Health Collaborative at Dornsife has partnered with the Big Cities Health Coalition to release the "COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities Dashboard."
  
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- The Burden of High Blood Sugar in Diabetes Patients in Philadelphia
  
  January 13, 2021
  
  New research out of the Urban Health Collaborative examined associations of uncontrolled hyperglycemia with sociodemographic and cardiovascular factors.
  
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