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- Dornsife's Michael Yudell Wins American Public Health Award for Book Challenging the Use of Race in Genetic Research
  
  November 17, 2016
  
  When Dornsife School of Public Health faculty member Michael Yudell’s book, Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century (Columbia University Press), was released in 2014, arguments about the use of race in genetics research continued to be unresolved. Conversations were stuck on what to do to move forward, knowing that race remains a problematic variable for use in genetic research.
  
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- Faculty Focus: Welcome!
  
  November 15, 2016
  
  Since May 2015, fourteen new professors have come to Dornsife School of Public Health.
  
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- Behind Philadelphia's Soda Tax
  
  November 15, 2016
  
  To pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, politics and public health quietly joined forces. The outcome of the unusual partnership was a new revenue stream to fund pre-K education, and provide health services in nine schools in poor neighborhoods – with the side-benefit of possibly improving overall health in the city that made cheesesteaks famous and obesity is becoming commonplace.
  
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- Risk-Taking Behaviors Tied to Racial Disparities in HIV in Gay Communities
  
  November 14, 2016
  
  Researchers from Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health re-examined data showing a disparity between HIV prevalence in black and white men who have sex with men and found that a racial gap between them was reduced once levels of risk within their communities were considered.
  
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- Drexel’s Arthur L. Frank Receives Ramazzini Award for Career Devoted to Occupational Health
  
  November 10, 2016
  
  For his outstanding contributions to safeguard public health, Arthur L. Frank, MD, PhD, professor and chair emeritus in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, has received the 2016 Ramazzini Award from the Collegium Ramazzini, an international academy comprised of 180 internationally renowned experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health.
  
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- "Numbers Guy" Tom Farley
  
  November 02, 2016
  
  Philadelphia's Health Commissioner shares his perspective and plans with DornsifeSPH Magazine editor Linda Wright Moore.
  
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- Discovering the Cuban Way of Life and Health
  
  November 02, 2016
  
  For the first time, Dornsife public health and Drexel medical students visit our estranged island neighbor, to explore its rich culture and prevention-infused approach to health care.
  
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- A Toast and a New Beginning: The Dornsife Gift
  
  October 27, 2016
  
  A transformative gift from Alumna Dana Dornsife MBA ’83 and her husband David brings a new name and new possibilities to the school of public health at Drexel.
  
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- Dornsife SPH Delegation Heads to the Mile High City for APHA Annual Meeting
  
  October 25, 2016
  
  In late October, 12,000 public health experts will come together in Denver for the 2016 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, with a focus on health equity and ensuring the right to health.
  
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- Congratulations to Dana and David Dornsife Scholarship Recipients
  
  October 25, 2016
  
  The inaugural Dana and David Dornsife Scholarships have been awarded to four incoming MPH students who demonstrate exceptional promise in public health.
  
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