Greg Richter

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News Manager, University Communications

Greg Richter is the news manager who covers Medicine, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. He graduated from Rowan University, where he also worked in its Office of Media and Public Relations. Since then, he has lived in Philadelphia for eight years and worked in Penn Medicine’s Office of Communications, most recently as a senior medical communications officer. Follow him on twitter @DrexelGreg.

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Drexel Researchers Develop New DNA Test for Personalized Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis
Mar 28, 2025
Drexel researchers have developed a simple DNA PCR-based lab test — built on a more detailed genetic analysis of the main group of bacterial organisms that cause bacterial vaginosis — to help clinicians prescribe the right medicine for each patient.
Men and Residents of Higher Crime Areas See Greater Benefit from Community Parks, in Reduction of Deaths from Heart Disease
Dec 19, 2024
There’s a well-established link between greenspace and health benefits, including lower rates of heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Now, according to a recently published study, rates of deaths from heart disease — especially among men — are lower in neighborhoods with more greenspace. The findings, from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, were recently published in the journal Health and Place.
COVID-19 Can Doctors Predict The Severity of COVID-19 in Their Patients?
Jun 12, 2023
Scientists have now made substantial progress in predicting the path that COVID-19 will take in patients, finding sets of biological features that are associated with the course and severity of COVID-19. The findings were recently published in Cell Reports Medicine by researchers from Drexel University’s College of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Yale, and other institutions nationwide.
Food shopping Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity and Inability to Pay Rent Hit Immigrant Families Hardest
Apr 21, 2023
Although families with immigrant mothers experienced higher rates of food insecurity and inability to pay rent during the pandemic than other groups, they reported less participation in economic impact payments (EIP) in the form of stimulus checks and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – two programs designed to provide stopgap financial support, according to a new study in JAMA Health Forum from researchers at the Dornsife School of Public Health and Children’s HealthWatch.

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New Data Finds Health Care Organizations May Not Be Doing Enough to Connect Patients with Housing Services When They’re Needed Most.
Apr 14 2025
Despite a 5-year-old law that requires hospitals in California to connect unhoused patients with social services, new data on patients in a large California-based health care system suggests that hospitals in the state are seldom making the connections to support their unhoused patients.
Drexel Researchers Develop New DNA Test for Personalized Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis
Mar 28 2025
Drexel researchers have developed a simple DNA PCR-based lab test — built on a more detailed genetic analysis of the main group of bacterial organisms that cause bacterial vaginosis — to help clinicians prescribe the right medicine for each patient.
Men and Residents of Higher Crime Areas See Greater Benefit from Community Parks, in Reduction of Deaths from Heart Disease
Dec 19 2024
There’s a well-established link between greenspace and health benefits, including lower rates of heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Now, according to a recently published study, rates of deaths from heart disease — especially among men — are lower in neighborhoods with more greenspace. The findings, from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, were recently published in the journal Health and Place.
medicine during pregnancy Children Exposed to Antiseizure Meds During Pregnancy Face Neurodevelopmental Risks, Drexel Study Finds
Nov 15 2024
Children born to mothers who take antiseizure medications to manage seizures and psychiatric conditions during pregnancy may face increased risks of neurodevelopmental conditions, according to new data from researchers at Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health.

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