2018

- Biomedical Engineer Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study Tissue Scarring
  
  December 13, 2018
  Lin Han, PhD, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study fibrous tissues at the nanoscale, advancing the treatment and understanding of cartilage diseases.
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- Drexel Creates Center of Excellence to Address Opioid Epidemic in Philadelphia
  
  December 05, 2018
  With a $1.5 million three-year grant from the HHS, College of Medicine clinicians are undertaking an ambitious project to address the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia.
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- Report Finds Discrimination Driving Disparities in Food Insecurity
  
  December 05, 2018
  Lifetime experiences of racial and ethnic discrimination are linked to food insecurity in Philadelphia, says a new series of reports from researchers at Drexel's Center for Hunger Free Communities.
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- Many State Lawmakers Want to Loosen Childhood Vaccine Requirements, But Legal Barriers Persist
  
  November 29, 2018
  An analysis of proposed vaccine legislation between 2011 and 2017 shows that although the majority of proposed bills would have allowed more parents to exempt their children from school immunization requirements, those that favored vaccines were more likely to become law.
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- ic@3401 is Here to Help Drexel Faculty and Staff Launch the Startups of Their Dreams
  
  November 29, 2018
  ic@3401, a startup incubator conveniently located on Drexel University’s University City Campus, is a valuable resource for Drexel faculty, postdocs and graduate students with entrepreneurial endeavors related to their research.
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- Not All Organ Failures Are Created Equal: Study Identifies the Sepsis Symptoms That Lead to Death
  
  November 26, 2018
  The data analysis, pulled from more than 200,000 hospital visits, could help clinicians to more quickly identify - and treat- the patients who are at the greatest risk of dying from the common, and often insidious, condition.
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- Legalizing Marijuana in California: Drexel Researcher Receives NIH Funding to Study Policy's Effects on Young Adults
  
  November 01, 2018
  The project offers a unique opportunity for researchers to track how the state’s changing cannabis laws are impacting public health.
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- Would You Zap Your Brain to Improve Your Memory? Researchers Study Attitudes Toward Brain Stimulation
  
  October 22, 2018
  Drexel psychologists studied the public's attitudes toward brain stimulation.
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- Research Finds NJ Numerical Nutrient Criterion Used to Protect Streams is Too High
  
  October 22, 2018
  
  A new way of measuring the relative habitability of freshwater environments for fish and aquatic insects suggests that New Jersey’s water monitoring and treatment standards could use a boost.
  
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Spring and Summer 2018
  
  October 09, 2018
  Over the past two terms, there has been a lot of research funding, commercialization activity and faculty honors at Drexel University.
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