2014

- Top Drexel Stories of 2014
  
  December 15, 2014
  A rundown of DrexelNow stories clicked, tweeted, shared and read the most over the past year.
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- Report Shows Challenges for Working Families in Transition Off of Public Benefits
  
  December 12, 2014
  A cliff effect—families losing benefits in the transition out of poverty—is the focus of a new policy report released today by Drexel’s Center for Hunger-Free Communities and Children’s HealthWatch based on data collected in Philadelphia from 2005 through 2013.
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- Study Maps How City Neighborhoods Affect Diabetes Risk
  
  November 25, 2014
  A new Drexel study published this month in the journal Advances in Preventive Medicine adds new insight into the role of the physical and social environment on the risk of diabetes, zip code by zip code throughout Philadelphia.
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- From Big-Data Injury Prevention to Mapping Travel for Prenatal Care: Drexel Public Health Research at APHA 2014
  
  November 18, 2014
  Researchers from Drexel University presented research on a wide range of public health topics emphasizing urban health challenges, geographic methods in public health, community resilience and more, at the 142nd annual meeting and exposition of the American Public Health Association in New Orleans.
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- Pennsylvania Autism Census Highlights Dramatic Increase in Numbers
  
  November 13, 2014
  Pennsylvania’s Autism Services, Education, Resources & Training Collaborative (ASERT), has released the Pennsylvania Autism Census Update for 2014, which estimates that there are over 55,000 children and adults with autism receiving services, almost triple the number initially identified in 2009.
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- Spanning the Globe: Drexel Research Reaches Around the World in 2014
  
  November 11, 2014
  
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- Federal Legislation Ignores PTSD Toll on Civilians
  
  November 11, 2014
  
  Federal laws explicitly addressing post-traumatic stress disorder have overwhelmingly focused on the needs of military personnel and veterans, according to a new study by a Drexel public health professor. It's the first study to examine how public policy addresses traumatic stress and PTSD.
  
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- At the Helm of the School of Public Health: Q&A with Ana Diez Roux
  
  November 03, 2014
  Health — its costs, its consequences and its causes — is consistently a major topic in American life and policy. And much of what determines our health happens outside the walls of a doctor’s office. At Drexel, Ana Diez Roux is leading efforts to understand what makes people, and cities, healthy or unhealthy, as the new dean of the School of Public Health.
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- Drexel Opens Parkway Health & Wellness Clinic in Center City
  
  November 03, 2014
  Drexel has opened a 23,000-square-foot facility in the heart of Center City Philadelphia that includes a new, central home for clinical services and research for the College of Nursing and Health Professions.
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- How to Write True Stories about Science and Society: The ‘Godfather of Creative Nonfiction’ Joins Drexel for Workshop
  
  October 23, 2014
  Lee Gutkind, “the ‘Godfather’ behind creative nonfiction” (Vanity Fair), will join Drexel University on Monday, Nov. 3 from 2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. for a workshop and discussion to help faculty, students and other scholars, researchers and academics learn how to write about their research for a broad audience. The event aims to help those who have a passion to share their knowledge outside of the classroom, laboratory or institution to communicate their ideas to the public to advance knowledge and create new dialogue.
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