2017

- Urban Health Collaborative Grants Five Pilot Awards
  
  May 30, 2017
  
  The Urban Health Collaborative has selected five proposals for funding to promote urban health research at Drexel University. The projects cover a range of topics and will conduct research related to the mission of the UHC with an emphasis on understanding and improving health in cities, interdisciplinary work and partnerships.
  
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- Beyond Brochures: How Do We Create Systems for Prevention and Equity?
  
  April 21, 2017
  
  At a lecture hosted by the Urban Health Collaborative, Larry Cohen, MSW, founder and Executive Director of Prevention Institute, described a lifetime of work to promote prevention and translate it into real action.
  
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- Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation Funds Drexel Design and Public Health Students to Collaborate on Solutions for Local Behavioral Health and Housing Insecurity Issues
  
  April 19, 2017
  
  A new three-year grant from the Scattergood Foundation will transform an annual Design and Health course into the centerpiece of a yearlong health and design research process, in which students and faculty will work to create, prototype and present solutions that can be brought forward and developed in the real world.
  
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- Urban Health Collaborative Partners with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on Pediatric Big Data Project
  
  February 27, 2017
  
  The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative will leverage its robust environmental data capabilities in a joint project with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
  
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- Un proyecto de investigación sobre el impacto de la vida urbana en la salud recibe una beca de 12 millones de dólares
  
  January 24, 2017
  
  Como parte de su iniciativa “Nuestro Planeta, Nuestra Salud”, el Wellcome Trust aporta 12 millones de dólares a la red de investigadores dirigida por Ana Diez Roux, Decana de la Escuela de Salud Pública de Drexel. El objetivo del proyecto es explorar el impacto de la urbanización y las políticas urbanas en la sostenibilidad de la salud y el medio ambiente en las ciudades de América Latina y estudiar cómo lo aprendido en esas ciudades se puede aplicar a contextos urbanos de todo el mundo.
  
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2017

Urban Health Collaborative Grants Five Pilot Awards

Beyond Brochures: How Do We Create Systems for Prevention and Equity?

Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation Funds Drexel Design and Public Health Students to Collaborate on Solutions for Local Behavioral Health and Housing Insecurity Issues

Urban Health Collaborative Partners with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on Pediatric Big Data Project

Un proyecto de investigación sobre el impacto de la vida urbana en la salud recibe una beca de 12 millones de dólares