2024

November
- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievement: Fall 2024
  
  November 20, 2024
  Students have earned fellowships, scholarships, awards and more over the past quarter.
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- College of Medicine’s 2024 Discovery Day Showcases Research
  
  November 08, 2024
  
  From innovations in data collection and analysis to modern-day medical uses for leeches, presenters had plenty to share during Drexel University College of Medicine’s annual showcase of research, Discovery Day 2024. Through their poster and platform presentations, graduate and medical students, residents, fellows and postdoctoral trainees presented topics ranging from clinical case studies to research technology.
  
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- College of Medicine Students Bring Unique Projects to Society of Student-Run Free Clinics Conference
  
  November 01, 2024
  
  More than 40 Drexel University College of Medicine MD program students participated in a fall 2024 showcase of community outreach projects and best practices. The weekend conference, held annually by the Society of Student-Run Free Clinics (SSRFC), took place in Philadelphia this year at Drexel University.
  
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October
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Receives Second Round of Financial Support from Prominent Philadelphia Organizations
  
  October 22, 2024
  St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children has received commitments for a second round of financial support from some of Philadelphia’s most prominent health care and higher education organizations. The funding, totaling $30 million over the next two years, will support St. Christopher's vital role in maintaining the health and well-being of the region's children and their families.
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- SCOPE and Drexel: Entering a Fourth Year of Successful Collaboration!
  
  October 04, 2024
  
  Last week, SEPTA’s SCOPE program welcomed its largest cohort of Drexel University College of Medicine students, with 21 new participants taking part in a comprehensive orientation. The students, some with EMT and paramedic training, will provide invaluable support to SCOPE outreach workers as they engage with the vulnerable population on the transit system.
  
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September
- Todd Strochlic, VMD, PhD, Appointed Assistant Dean of Curricular Integration
  
  September 26, 2024
  
  Todd Strochlic, VMD, PhD, has been appointed as assistant dean of curricular integration, Drexel University College of Medicine. He will oversee the complex management of the medical education curriculum with a focus on Year 2 and will play a key role in ensuring alignment and integration across the Philadelphia and West Reading campuses.
  
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- Haviva Goldman, PhD, Appointed Assistant Dean, Phase 1 Curriculum
  
  September 26, 2024
  
  Haviva Goldman, PhD, has been appointed as assistant dean, Phase 1 curriculum at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Goldman will oversee the organization, management and implementation of the Phase 1 curriculum for the MD program. She will work closely with the senior associate dean of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) to ensure that the curriculum is delivered effectively and meets the needs of our students.
  
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- New Lower Merion Historical Marker Celebrating Women in Medicine Has a Drexel University College of Medicine Connection
  
  September 25, 2024
  
  Earlier this month, the Lower Merion Historical Society in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., celebrated early advocates for women in medicine, dedicating a Pennsylvania Historical Marker to three trailblazing activists. Two of the three women were affiliated with Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, a Drexel University College of Medicine legacy institution.
  
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- 14 Years, Immeasurable Contributions: President John Fry’s Legacy at Drexel University
  
  September 24, 2024
  Since arriving at the University in 2010, the president has contributed to and overseen a rich variety of advancements that transformed the University’s campus, culture and community.
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- Arafat Appointed Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Professional Development
  
  September 05, 2024
  
  Hwyda A. Arafat, MD, PhD, MSc. MEdL, has been appointed director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Professional Development effective September 1, 2024.
  
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- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel’s Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  September 03, 2024
  Last term, Drexel University — through its colleges, schools and other units and programs — created a variety of new opportunities for industry and local partnerships as well as civic engagement. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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August
- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  August 30, 2024
  Last term, Drexel University faculty members were recognized for their scholarly research and prolific academic and professional contributions. This update offers a snapshot of activity courtesy of the Office of the Provost.
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- Haven Behavioral Hospital Academic Medical Campus Affiliation
  
  August 29, 2024
  
  Haven Behavioral Hospital in West Chester, Pa., is now an academic medical campus for Drexel University College of Medicine.
  
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- Boosting the Breadth of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Consortium
  
  August 27, 2024
  Seven Drexel disciplines have joined the consortium partnership between Drexel and Thomas Jefferson University. The cancer center recently received the elite “comprehensive cancer center” designation from the National Cancer Institute, a vote of confidence in the consortium’s broadly interdisciplinary approach.
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- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievements: Summer 2024
  
  August 26, 2024
  Here's a snapshot of awards, scholarships, publications and fellowships Drexel University students have earned in the past term.
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- MD Program Class of 2028 Celebrates White Coat Ceremony
  
  August 12, 2024
  
  The MD program Class of 2028 gathered at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on Friday, August 9, to celebrate their entry into medical school with the White Coat Ceremony. In donning their white physician’s coats with the College’s community, students show their commitment to the duties and values of the medical profession.
  
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- Drexel Offers New Professional Pathways with Inaugural Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Cohort
  
  August 08, 2024
  The Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Apprenticeship (CCMA) creates an opportunity for those who are underrepresented and from the local community to gain access to quality careers in health care.
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July
- Drexel Hosts Bridging the Gaps Summer Interns
  
  July 30, 2024
  
  Earlier this month, Drexel hosted Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program participants at the Health Sciences Building in University City as part of their seven-week, paid summer internship experience.
  
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- Q&A: What Happens Now After Drexel and Salus Have Merged?
  
  July 23, 2024
  Two Drexel and Salus leaders who have been heavily involved in the integration and accreditation processes talked about what comes next with operational, academic and clinical enterprises between the two universities.
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- Is Climate Change Keeping Patients from Vital Doctor Appointments?
  
  July 15, 2024
  Temperature extremes, becoming increasingly frequent due to growing global climate change, are associated with higher rates of missed primary care appointments, according to a recently published study from Drexel University researchers in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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- Drexel Team Identifies Drug-like Molecules That Show Early Success in Targeting Breast Cancer Brain Metastases
  
  July 12, 2024
  Researchers from Drexel’s College of Medicine have identified new drugs that show early success in shrinking breast cancer tumors that have metastasized in the brain. The discovery marks the first time that targeting a key metabolic enzyme in cancer cells in the brain has shrunk tumors in a mouse model.
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- Amy Althoff, MD, Named Academic Chief of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine
  
  July 11, 2024
  
  Amy Althoff, MD, associate professor of medicine and medical director of the Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice, has been named academic chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, effective July 1, 2024. In this role, Dr. Althoff will be responsible for the division’s development and oversight, including its clinical, educational and research program activities.
  
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June
- 2024 Faculty Awards: Congratulations, Honorees
  
  June 11, 2024
  
  Congratulations to the nominees and honorees of the College of Medicine's 2024 Faculty Awards. These awards are given annually for excellence in research and scholarship, education, patient care, community outreach, mentoring and leadership, and diversity and inclusion. Over 100 nominations from across all the College’s academic and regional medical campuses were received.
  
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- Bird Flu Cases Are Rising. Should We Be Worried?
  
  June 07, 2024
  
  Fred Krebs, PhD, an associate professor in Drexel University’s College of Medicine and an expert in viruses and viral infections, shared whether it’s safe to drink cow’s milk, how to keep farm workers safe, the current state of monitoring and testing, and whether the U.S. is prepared in the event of a bird flu outbreak in humans.
  
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- DrExcel Health Student Group Continues to Innovate Thanks to Collaboration, Health Sciences Building Resources
  
  June 03, 2024
  
  This spring, multidisciplinary teams of medical and biomedical engineering students from the DrExcel Health student group gathered for the annual Demo Day event, with teams presenting concepts for innovative medical devices. The event took place at Drexel University’s new Health Sciences Building, a workspace that helped teams create devices to address a unmet needs in clinical practice.
  
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- 2024 Inaugural Arts and Sciences Symposium
  
  June 03, 2024
  
  The College of Arts and Sciences partnered with the College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Professions and Dornsife School of Public Health to present the 2024 Arts and Sciences Symposium: The Race to Health Equity on May 15.
  
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May
- 2024 Graduate Award Winners
  
  May 31, 2024
  
  We congratulate our MD program and graduate students who were honored in this year’s Graduate College award ceremony. Awards included: Outstanding Graduate Student Mentorship; and Research Excellence.
  
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- Drexel University Names 2024 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
  
  May 28, 2024
  In addition to a University-wide Commencement speaker who will address the Class of 2024, individual speakers — including alumni! — will give keynote addresses at college and school ceremonies.
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- ELAM and ELH Programs Name 2024-2025 Class of Fellows
  
  May 22, 2024
  
  The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the selection of its 30th anniversary class of fellows and the fellows for its Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) program track.
  
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- Batts Health Equity & Inclusive Excellence Dinner Celebrates 2024 Graduates
  
  May 15, 2024
  
  On May 7, College of Medicine students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered at the Germantown Cricket Club for the annual Batts Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence Dinner.
  
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- Awards Ceremony Celebrates Graduate School Class of 2024
  
  May 14, 2024
  
  Last week, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies (GSBSPS) celebrated the class of 2024 and faculty members during its annual awards ceremony.
  
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- Gadegbeku Appointed Senior Associate Dean in the Office of Community Health and Inclusive Excellence
  
  May 14, 2024
  
  Annette Gadegbeku, MD, has been appointed senior associate dean in the Office of Community Health and Inclusive Excellence at Drexel University College of Medicine, effective May 1, 2024.
  
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- Commencement Ceremony Celebrates Class of 2024
  
  May 10, 2024
  
  The class of 2024 celebrated Commencement at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on May 9. The traditional ceremony recognized a graduating class in which nearly half of its students entered the College of Medicine under nontraditional circumstances: remotely and at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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- Transition to Clinic 2024 Celebrates Students’ Milestone
  
  May 06, 2024
  
  On May 1, 2024, MD program students, faculty and staff from Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health gathered to celebrate the class of 2026 for the annual Transition to Clinic event. The occasion highlights MD program students’ accomplishments in their first two years of medical education and their entry into clinical rotations at Tower Health – Reading Hospital.
  
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- Renowned Geneticist Vicki L. Chandler, PhD, to Address Drexel College of Medicine Class of 2024 During Commencement
  
  May 03, 2024
  Vicki L. Chandler, PhD, chief academic officer and provost at Minerva University, will address the Drexel University College of Medicine class of 2024 at its commencement ceremony on May 9.
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April
- Drexel University College of Medicine Faculty Named Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors™ for 2024
  
  April 22, 2024
  
  Philadelphia magazine published its annual list of the region's “Top Doctors.” The list of physicians, who were chosen by their peers, can be found in the May 2024 issue.
  
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- ELAM and ELH Programs Announce Graduation of 2024 Class
  
  April 19, 2024
  
  The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the graduation of its 29th class. The graduating class included 95 ELAM fellows and 45 fellows from the Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) track, from a total of 92 institutions. They join a diverse alumnae community of more than 1,400 highly accomplished leaders that represent 300 medical, dental, public health and pharmacy schools from around the world.
  
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- Bolstered by Research Consortium with Drexel, Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Earns NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation
  
  April 18, 2024
  Thomas Jefferson University‘s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC), Drexel University’s partner in the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Research Consortium, has earned a National Cancer Institute (NCI) "Comprehensive" Cancer Center designation, the highest recognition awarded by the NCI.
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- Dr. Cecilia M. Smith Appointed Associate Dean, West Reading Campus
  
  April 12, 2024
  
  Cecilia M. Smith, DO, professor and interim academic chair, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, has been appointed associate dean, Tower Health Regional Campus on April 10, 2024.
  
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- New Clinical Education Opportunities for Medical Students
  
  April 11, 2024
  
  Our longstanding academic medical campus affiliation with Bayhealth Medical Center in Delaware has been expanded. It will serve as a new regional medical campus for the College of Medicine beginning at the start of this 2024-2025 academic year.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  April 09, 2024
  Faculty members were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.
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- 2024 Honor Societies Induction Ceremony
  
  April 08, 2024
  
  The College of Medicine inducted the newest members into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and Gold Humanism Honor Society during a ceremony and banquet on March 20, 2024, at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue.
  
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- 2024 Golden Apple Award Winners Announced
  
  April 05, 2024
  
  The annual Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding service, teaching and mentoring by Drexel University College of Medicine faculty and professional staff. The honorees are nominated by each class of medical students who vote to determine the award winners.
  
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March
- Partnerships and Projects: Drexel's Recent Industry and Civic Engagement Connections
  
  March 25, 2024
  Last term, Drexel University expanded its collaborations with local organizations and industry partners.
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- MD Students Learn Their Residency Sites on Match Day 2024
  
  March 18, 2024
  
  Proud faculty, friends and family joined the College of Medicine MD class of 2024 to celebrate Match Day, when fourth-year medical students learn where they will do their residency training.
  
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February
- Drexel Researchers Find Possible Predictor of COVID-19 Severity
  
  February 20, 2024
  Looking closely at one of the antibodies produced to fight COVID-19, researchers at Drexel University’s College of Medicine have uncovered a trait that could be used to predict severity of a COVID-19 case.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Awards and Grants
  
  February 16, 2024
  Last term, Drexel professors were awarded sponsored research grants and major gifts, honors and recognition.
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- Neurobiology & Anatomy Chair Itzhak Fischer, PhD, to Step Down July 1
  
  February 15, 2024
  
  After a distinguished 33-year career at the College of Medicine and its predecessor institutions, Itzhak Fischer, PhD, is stepping down as chair of the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy on July 1, 2024, though he will stay on as a tenured professor in the department. Dr. Fischer joined the faculty of the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1991 from Harvard Medical School.
  
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- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Announces Leadership Transition
  
  February 14, 2024
  St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children today announced a change in leadership as Don Mueller shared his plans to resign from his role as president and CEO. Robert Brooks, the current chief operating officer (COO) at St. Christopher’s, will transition during the coming months into the role of president and COO.
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- SLAMS Program Brings Together Health Professions Community and West Philly Neighbors
  
  February 14, 2024
  
  Middle school students can be a tough crowd to impress, but Drexel University College of Medicine community members leading educational courses at Science Leadership Academy Middle School (SLAMS) said the students are excited and engaged.
  
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies, College of Medicine Donates Microscopes to Albright College
  
  February 13, 2024
  
  Last semester, the College of Medicine’s Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Professional Studies donated more than 60 microscopes and over 100 boxes of histology slides to the Total Experience Learning (TExpL) program at Albright College in Reading, Pa. TExpL instructors have already begun taking the compound microscopes to Reading School District classrooms to introduce fourth grade students to a new scientific tool.
  
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- What Characteristics Impact Likelihood of Developing Long COVID?
  
  February 12, 2024
  
  Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 report having experienced, or are currently experiencing, three or more months of COVID symptoms, such as dizziness, headache, brain fog, and/or other symptoms, according to October 2023 data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Household Pulse Survey. The condition is known as Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 or “long COVID.” And among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, that number increases to roughly half.
  
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- Mauricio J. Reginato, PhD, Named Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  
  February 02, 2024
  
  Mauricio J. Reginato, PhD, professor, has been appointed chair of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology effective February 2, 2024. Dr. Reginato was appointed interim chair of biochemistry and molecular biology in the summer of 2021, and has been a faculty member of the College of Medicine since 2004.
  
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- Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert (PABC) Marks 31 Years of Entertainment for a Cause
  
  February 01, 2024
  
  Drexel University College of Medicine students, faculty and professional staff brought song and dance to Drexel’s Main Building auditorium in a more than three decades-long tradition. Held on Friday, January 27, the Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert (PABC)’s annual night of entertainment has raised more than $650,000 for children living with HIV and AIDS to date.
  
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January
- Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, Named Deborah J. Tuttle, MD, and John P. Piper, MD, Vice Dean for Educational Affairs
  
  January 09, 2024
  
  Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, has been named the Deborah J. Tuttle, MD, and John P. Piper, MD, Vice Dean for Educational Affairs at the College of Medicine.
  
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- Dragons on Fire: Kudos for Student Achievements
  
  January 08, 2024
  Here's a snapshot of awards, scholarships, publications and fellowships Drexel University students have earned in the past term.
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- Putting Your Toddler in Front of the TV? You Might Hurt Their Ability to Process the World Around Them, New Data Suggests
  
  January 08, 2024
  Babies and toddlers exposed to television or video viewing may be more likely to exhibit atypical sensory behaviors, such as being disengaged and disinterested in activities, seeking more intense stimulation in an environment, or being overwhelmed by sensations like loud sounds or bright lights, according to data from researchers at Drexel’s College of Medicine published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
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- Erum Ilyas, MD '01, MBE, Named Interim Academic Chair of Dermatology
  
  January 08, 2024
  
  Erum N. Ilyas, MD ’01, MBE, has been appointed interim academic chair of Drexel University College of Medicine’s provisional Department of Dermatology.
  
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2024

MD Students Learn Their Residency Sites on Match Day 2024