2019

- Maria T. Schultheis Joins Office of Research & Innovation Leadership Team
  
  December 13, 2019
  The Psychology Department professor was recently appointed vice provost of research.
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- New Faculty Keep Drexel Abreast of Disruptive Technologies
  
  October 30, 2019
  Among the top academic and research talent hired this year were faculty in new and developing fields that have the potential to impact mainstream industries.
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- Faculty Highlights: Recent Grants and Awards
  
  October 10, 2019
  Read all about the sponsored research, major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel — like the Dornsife School of Public Health’s Alex Ortega, PhD, who was awarded a $3.2 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study psychiatric and substance use disorders among island Puerto Ricans impacted by Hurricane Maria.
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- $4 Million National Institute on Aging Grant to Drexel Will Test Platform Aimed at Helping Caregivers Manage Dementia Symptoms
  
  September 26, 2019
  Laura N. Gitlin, Distinguished Professor and dean of Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions, and Helen Kales, MD, chair of the University of California, Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, were awarded a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study the impact of an easy to use, online platform, called the WeCareAdvisor to help caregivers manage dementia symptoms.
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- Reorganization to Sustain Drexel as a Top Research University
  
  July 29, 2019
  The Office of Corporate Relations and Economic Development, Drexel Ventures and the Office of Technology Commercialization are now known as Drexel Applied Innovation.
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- Faculty Highlights: Grants and Awards From Spring 2019
  
  July 11, 2019
  Read all about the sponsored research and major gifts and recognition that were recently received by faculty at Drexel, like the 53 faculty and staff members who were named this year’s Drexel Areas of Research Excellence (DARE) awardees.
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- Drexel Moves Forward in Prestigious List of Top 100 International Universities Granted US Utility Patents
  
  June 05, 2019
  The University moved up three spots among the colleges and universities in a rankings report authored by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
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- Parents Learn Skills to Encourage Healthier Diet in Children, Without Leaving the Dinner Table
  
  April 25, 2019
  A new project from Drexel University's Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) called "Project PICNIC" aims to help parents guide their children toward healthier choices, without it turning into a battle of wills.
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- For Youth with Autism, Where You Live Matters: Study of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Across States
  
  April 15, 2019
  Youth with autism often have difficulty finding and keeping employment, making Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services, like job placement, essential. New research from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute found Vocational Rehabilitation services across states vary dramatically leaving some young adults without support.
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- Drexel University and Johns Hopkins University Announce Unique Study of Therapeutics Arts Using Virtual Reality
  
  April 09, 2019
  A shared research interest in the applications of creative expression and creative arts therapies at Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP) and Johns Hopkins University's International Arts + Mind (IAM) Lab has shaped a new collaboration between the two universities. Built on the collective values of applied and translational research linking the creative arts and brain sciences, researchers from CNHP and IAM Lab will work together on a new creative arts therapies project that utilizes virtual reality.
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