Division of Pre-medical & Pre-health Programs News & Announcements
Explore & Serve Day
Since 2018, the Division of Pre-medical and Pre-health Programs has sponsored the Explore & Serve Day. The purpose of this event is to provide students in the various programs in the Pre-medical and Pre-health Division an opportunity to showcase the projects they conduct as graduate students, both in research and in community service, via oral or poster presentations. The critical thinking and analytical skills developed while conducting biomedical research enable the students to become better diagnosticians and practitioners of evidence-based medicine. Likewise, the communication and interpersonal skills honed through community service projects help them to become health care practitioners who can better serve patients, their families and their communities.
2023 Explore & Serve
The Division of Pre-medical and Pre-health Programs held its sixth annual Explore & Serve Day on April 17, 2023. This event is dedicated to recognizing our students’ outstanding contributions to either biomedical science research or community service endeavors. Students gave face-to-face oral and poster presentations in Drexel’s new state-of-the-art Health Sciences Building on Main Campus. View photos.
2022 Explore & Serve
The Division of Pre-medical and Pre-health Programs held its fifth annual Explore & Serve Day on April 8, 2022. This event is dedicated to recognizing our students’ outstanding contributions to either biomedical science research or community service endeavors. Students gave face-to-face oral and poster presentations for the first time since 2019. View photos.
2021 Explore & Serve
The Division of Pre-medical and Pre-health Programs held its fourth annual Explore & Serve Day virtually on April 1, 2021. This event is dedicated to recognizing our students’ outstanding contributions to either biomedical science research or community service endeavors.
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2020 Explore & Serve
On April 20, 2020, Interdisciplinary Health Science program students presented at Explore & Serve Poster Presentation Day, sponsored by the Division of Pre-medical and Pre-health Programs. The goal and purpose of the event is to provide our students an opportunity to showcase the projects they conducted as graduate students in the division, both in research and in community service.
The critical thinking and analytical skills developed while conducting biomedical research enable our graduates to become better diagnosticians and practitioners of evidence-based medicine. Likewise, the communication and interpersonal skills honed through community service projects help our students to become health care practitioners who can better serve patients, their families, and their communities.
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2018 Explore & Serve
On April 9, 2018, Interdisciplinary Health Science program students presented at the inaugural Explore & Serve Poster Presentation Day, sponsored by the Division of Pre-medical and Pre-health Programs.
The goal and purpose of the event was to provide students with the opportunity to showcase the projects they conducted as graduate students in the division, both in research and community service.
The skills developed while conducting biomedical research enable our graduates to become better diagnosticians and practitioners of evidence-based medicine. Community service projects allow our students to develop skills that will help them become health care practitioners who can better serve patients and their families, as well as the community.
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2021
Congratulations 2021 Graduates
The Division of Pre-Medical & Pre-Health Programs congratulates our 2021 graduates.
Platform Presentation at St. Chris Research Day
Dual Degree MD/MS program student Bhavya Kanuga was selected for a platform presentation at the 31st Annual Tower Health and St. Chris Research Day. He will be presenting his thesis research, “The Clinical Utility of the Thyroid Imaging and Reporting System (TI-RADS) in Risk Stratification of Pediatric Nodules Using Ultrasound,” during the Research Day Grand Rounds.
The College of Medicine’s Class of 2021 rose to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic by serving the community. They graduate this week having provided over 15,000 hours of community service through curricular and non-curricular activities during their time at the College of Medicine. Read more.
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2020
2020 G.W. Carver Science Fair
At the 2020 G.W. Carver Science Fair, Drexel graduate students volunteered to help student competitors set up for the Elementary Division (grades 4-6) at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and the Secondary Division (grades 7-12) at Temple University. Volunteers included ten students from the Community Dimensions of Medicine service learning course in the Pre-medical & Pre-health Division and two students from the Drexel Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society. School district, location, and science fair staff greatly appreciated the support of the volunteers who helped hundreds of young Philadelphians compete at the fair. For more information about the G.W. Carver Science Fair, Philadelphia’s largest Science Fair, please visit https://www.carversciencefair.org.
Division of Pre-med and Pre-health programs hosts Joel Anderson, artist and ambassador for the Autism Tree Foundation
In October, PMPH students enjoyed a visit by Joel Anderson, an artist with autism and ambassador for the Autism Tree Project Foundation during his East Coast Speaking Tour. During his presentation titled “My journey with autism,” Joel talked about what it means to live with autism and the challenges that people with autism face, including when navigating the health care system. He demonstrated his talent in a live drawing session, portraying Mario, the Drexel dragon.
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Alumni Achievements
Erica Riddick, MS Biomedical Studies '20, MD '24, wrote about "Health Disparities During COVID-19" in the winter 2021 issue of Pulse. Read more (see page 3).
Aliah Molczan, Medical Science Preparatory Postbaccalaureate Certificate '14, a forensic accountant, joined the Matrimonial Litigation Department of Savran Benson LLP, a certified public accounting and consulting firm, as an associate. (Pulse Winter 2019/2020)
Hollisa Rosa, MD; MS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences '14, is a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at NYU Winthrop Hospital. She earned her medical degree from Stony Brook University School of Medicine in 2019. (Pulse Winter 2019/2020)
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