Public Health Research at Drexel Dornsife: Urban Health, Global Impact
Social inequalities in health remain a major challenge for societies around the globe. Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health is committed to understanding the drivers of health disparities, investigating the possible interventions to reduce those disparities, and working with partners to eliminate them. Our school views social justice as critical to population health.
All of Dornsife's public health research has a community component to it. Co-created research projects result in co-created solutions to public health problems that are ultimately more sustainable and have more community investment.
The growth of research at Drexel Dornsife is one of the School’s defining features, having more than quintupled since 2014.
Public Health Research Resources
Dornsife has a diverse research portfolio in areas of population health including urban health, health disparities, translation of evidence into practice and policy, and health and human rights. Learn more about our research centers, interests and activities.
Centers and Programs
Faculty Research Interests
Faculty Grants and Announcements
Dornsife Research Expertise
Learn more about how Dornsife, both locally and globally, is building partnerships and focusing on health in cities.
Research Partnerships
Dornsife research is elevated by our partnerships with other exceptional local and international organizations. Learn more about our alliances.
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Urban Health
By 2050, cities will be home to two-thirds of the world’s population. Learn about the work of Dornsife's Urban Health Collaborative.
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Featured Public Health Research Topics
Below are two featured areas of research that reinforce Dornsife's commitment to the three goals of generating the best scientific evidence, putting it into practice, and promoting equity and social justice.
Maternal & Child Health
Our Maternal and Child Health Program strives to improve the health of families through education and research.
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Climate Change
The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative was awarded three grants that affirm the center's role as a major urban health and climate change research hub.
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Faculty Research Highlight
Dornsife is fortunate to have among our faculty many experienced public health practitioners, and many researchers focused on generating policy relevant evidence. Evidence and action are two sides of the same coin, reinforcing and informing each other continuously to improve population health and eliminate health disparities.
Dornsife received a $20 million award through the NIH's Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) program to study health equity solutions nationwide. The ComPASS Coordinating Center at Drexel will be led by Amy Carroll-Scott, PhD, associate professor and chair of Community Health and Prevention, and Jan M. Eberth, PhD, professor and chair of Health Management and Policy.
Latest Public Health Research News
Dornsife researchers show the value of public health by addressing current and emerging issues facing the world today. Read about our research and activities making news locally, nationally and globally.
How has the rise of micromobility globally and nationally created challenges and opportunities for Philadelphia and other cities to make wise investments for safer streets?
A new study looks at the direct primary care model and what its growth might suggest for the future of healthcare.
A recent PZRC report highlights recommendations that Philadelphia and other Institutional Review Boards can do to ensure the research they oversee is ethical and beneficial to the communities they study.
As global temperatures rise, the U.S. federal government and some states are taking renewed interest in protecting vulnerable workers against the dangers of prolonged heat exposure on the job.
The UHC is closely tracking the steady rise in drug overdose deaths in big US cities. Cheap and easily produced synthetic drugs, including fentanyl and xylazine, have driven recent increases, signaling an urgent need to address this crisis as it bleeds into neighboring countries. New research shows the toll of this crisis in border cities in Mexico, as well as a promising solution in Canada, where an intervention reduced citywide overdose death mortality rates by nearly half.
To determine whether and how Philly Joy Bank, a community-driven guaranteed income program, impacts birth outcomes and other related health outcomes researchers at Dornsife are conducting an evaluation study of the program.
A new study led by researchers at Dornsife assessed the durability of a cash transfer on physical intimate partner violence and sexual relationships among adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa.
Dr. Esther Chernak explains the current global situation for dengue, how to minimize the disease’s spread, and next steps for the United States.