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- Dr. Zinzi Bailey Speaks at the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative
  
  June 12, 2024
  
  Last month, we had the privilege of a visit from Keshia M. Pollack Porter, PhD, MPH, Bloomberg Centennial Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Pollack Porter joined us as part of the UHC’s Invited Speaker Series, and presented a talk on “Promoting Policies that Advance Health Equity.”
  
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- Descriptive Statistics: A Powerful Harm Reduction Tool
  
  June 04, 2024
  
  UHC co-director Dr. Usama Bilal reflects on the power of simple descriptive statistics to draw attention to public health crises, such as the current high rates of drug overdose deaths in US and Latin American cities, and to direct help to the populations and areas at highest risk.
  
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- Free Rides, Fewer Steps? Bogotá Study Examines Public Transit's Impact on Health Equity
  
  May 08, 2024
  
  A new study examining transportation policies in Bogotá, Colombia reveals important trade-offs between equitable access to public transportation and physical activity levels.
  
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- How do Sanctuary Policies Affect Immigrant Health and Participation in Public Programs?
  
  May 03, 2024
  
  UHC faculty Dr. Brent Langelier and Dr. Alina Schnake-Mahl were recently awarded funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study how state preemption laws affecting immigrant sanctuary policies impact the lives and health of Hispanic and Latino people in the U.S.
  
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- Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter Speaks at the Drexel Urban Health Collaborative
  
  May 02, 2024
  
  Last month, we had the privilege of a visit from Keshia M. Pollack Porter, PhD, MPH, Bloomberg Centennial Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Pollack Porter joined us as part of the UHC’s Invited Speaker Series, and presented a talk on “Promoting Policies that Advance Health Equity.”
  
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- Research Matters for Creating Heat Adaptation Plans
  
  April 22, 2024
  
  New research shows that physical and cognitive function are more important factors than age when assessing the risk of heat-related mortality among older adults. The UHC's Josiah L. Kephart, PhD, MPH and Safiyyah M. Okoye, PhD, MSN, RN explain the significance of these findings and how they relate to climate policy in a commentary published in Nature Medicine.
  
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- The Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center Launches
  
  March 22, 2024
  
  On March 20, The Drexel Climate Change and Urban Health Research Center (CCUH) was formally launched in an event held at the Dornsife School of Public Health. Funded by a multi-million dollar grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science, the CCUH will support research to help protect the growing urban populations of the world from the adverse health and equity effects of climate change.
  
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- Do Immigrant Policies Affect Low-income Immigrant Participation in SNAP?
  
  March 20, 2024
  
  As more migrants risk their lives seeking refuge in the U.S. and face increasingly harsh border policies, not enough attention is paid to how immigrant policies affect the well-being of immigrants who have legal status in the U.S.
  
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- Neighborhood Greenness Associated with Decreased Depressive Symptoms in Mexican Cities
  
  March 12, 2024
  
  A recent SALURBAL study published in Applied Geography sheds light on the relationship between neighborhood greenness and mental health and depression in cities across Mexico.
  
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- New Study Connects Air Pollution to Increased Death Rates in Latin American Cities
  
  March 12, 2024
  
  A newly published study from the SALURBAL group finds that increases in fine particulate air pollution were associated with increases in death from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in adults in 337 cities across nine countries in Latin America.
  
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