Remembering Professor Lisa Ulmer, ScD, MSW

June 24, 2015

The Drexel University School of Public Health is saddened to announce that longtime professor, Lisa A. Ulmer, ScD, MSW, passed away on Sunday, June 21. Prior to coming to Drexel in 2003, Lisa served Southern University in Louisiana, the University of Tennessee, Johns Hopkins University, and the Catholic University and rose from Assistant to Full Professor. At Drexel, Lisa served as Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention and founder of the school’s first doctoral program. She also served as interim chair of Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and mentored generations of students, faculty, and staff.

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Jonathan Fielding Celebrates Graduates as Public Health Ambassadors

June 12, 2015

More than 160 graduating students gathered along with family, faculty and staff for the School of Public Health's annual graduation celebration on June 12, 2015. Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, gave an inspirational keynote address during the Awards Celebration, giving attendees an added job title: public health ambassadors.

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Pertinent Social Justice Conversations: Critical Issues in Public Health

June 10, 2015

Within the School of Public Health, small pockets of conversations were taking place regarding numerous issues related to race, police force and militarization, and the right to protest. Many people wanted more opportunities to speak, to listen, and to learn. There was an especially apparent desire to talk about issues of social justice as they relate to public health. One student stepped up and organized a series of conversations about contemporary issues related to injustice and health as a human right.

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Global Public Health Visiting Scholars Explore Novel Methods and Research Processes

May 28, 2015

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Drexel School of Public Health Student Research Shines

May 07, 2015

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Striking 'Gold' with Public Health Entertainment-Education

April 30, 2015

Amy Henderson Riley, a doctoral student in the School of Public Health, wants to change the way the public learns about health. Right now, she's researching whether love triangles and radio drama on a program called "Black Gold" helps inform the people of Mozambique about maternal and child health.

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Autism Young Adult Transition Indicators Report

April 21, 2015

Autism doesn't end at adulthood — yet most public awareness, public policy and research on autism focus on children. A new national report from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute answers questions about the experiences and outcomes of young adults on the spectrum.

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Fulbright Recipient

April 17, 2015

Carmen Cronin, MPH ’14, has been selected for a 2015-16 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to conduct research on menstrual health with adolescent girls in Uganda. Cronin is the second Fulbright recipient from the School of Public Health and the 32nd recipient in Drexel University history.

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Do Health Awareness Days Actually Promote Health?

April 16, 2015

Public health researchers contend that health awareness days have not been held to an appropriate level of scrutiny given the scale at which they have been embraced,in a peer-reviewed commentary in the American Journal of Public Health.

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Simulation to Spur Interdisciplinary Learning in Health Care

March 25, 2015

Two Drexel graduate students are doing their best to prompt the type of interdisciplinary learning they know they’ll need once they leave school.

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