Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum Face Tough Prospects for Jobs and Independent Living

September 04, 2013

Two newly published studies show precisely how stark the challenge is for young adults on the autism spectrum to find their first jobs and take the first steps toward independent living. The researchers emphasize the need to strengthen services to help adolescents and young adults and their families with transition planning.

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SPH Grad Student's Research on Asthma Will Make You Gasp

September 04, 2013

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Grad Student's Research on Asthma Will Make You Gasp

August 30, 2013

Chelsea Stone's graduate research on asthma has taken her from the halls of Philadelphia’s St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children to the schoolrooms of the Haitian American Caucus in Haiti and, she hopes, to community centers in Pune, India.

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Drexel Student Examines Racial Ethnic Disparities in Post-Disaster Mental Health

August 21, 2013

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HIV and HCV Risk among Young Female Injection Drug Users

August 20, 2013

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What I’m Reading: Ann Carroll Klassen

August 20, 2013

Ann Carroll Klassen’s recent book of choice was “Tom’s River: A Story of Science and Salvation” by Dan Fagin. Klassen enjoyed the way Fagin used fascinating research and hard-hitting investigative reporting to produce a stirring story about cancer epidemiology.

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Prescription Drug Misuse Risk Behaviors Among Young Injection Drug Users

August 15, 2013

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Increasing Hospitalization Attributed to Hypertensive Diseases in US Adults

August 15, 2013

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Newschaffer Coauthors Article on Breast Cancer RIsk in Post-Menopausal Women

July 31, 2013

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Professor, Grad Student Co-Created Inquirer’s Public Health Blog

July 30, 2013

The Public’s Health is one of the nation’s only blogs dedicated solely to public health—and it’s co-created and regularly contributed to by Jonathan Purtle, a graduate student, and a professor at Drexel University’s School of Public Health.

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