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  Maternal Smoking Not Linked to Autism

  January 12, 2012

  A large population-based study in Sweden indicates that there is no link between smoking during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children. The study, led by Dr. Brian Lee, an assistant professor at Drexel University and a team of international collaborators, will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and was published online in December.

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• Student Honored for Research on LGBT Youth Prescription Drug Abuse

  November 09, 2011

  Aleksandar Kecojevic, a second-year doctoral student at Drexel University’s School of Public Health, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Walter J. Lear Outstanding Student Research Award for his study of non-medical use of prescription drugs among high-risk LGBT youth.

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• Hospital Safety Climate Linked to Both Patient and Nurse Injuries

  November 07, 2011

  A safe working environment for nurses is also a safe environment for the patients in their care, according to a new study led by public health researchers at Drexel University, published online in BMJ Quality and Safety in October.

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• Witnesses to Hunger Exhibition Spotlights Plight of Poverty-Stricken Women in Philadelphia

  December 10, 2008

  Groundbreaking research on hunger at Drexel University's School of Public Health shows personal experience of 40 mothers and their children

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