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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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- The Climate Emergency Is Affecting Adolescent Mental Health
  
  February 21, 2024
  
  A newly published paper by faculty and students at the Dornsife School of Public Health, and Urban Health Collaborative found that climate-related disasters were associated with mental distress among adolescents living in urban school districts across the U.S.
  
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- Homelessness Soars After Pandemic-Era Safety Net Programs End
  
  February 15, 2024
  
  Rates of people experiencing homelessness plummeted in big U.S. cities when pandemic-era housing safety net programs and policies were in effect. Now that these programs have ended, rates of people experiencing homelessness have risen to record levels.
  
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- Dr. Brian D. Smedley Asks “How Can We Accelerate Progress toward Healthcare Equity?”
  
  February 12, 2024
  
  On Wednesday, February 8, the Urban Health Collaborative had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Brian D. Smedley, a national thought leader in the field of health equity who is currently an Equity Scholar and Senior Fellow the Urban Institute.
  
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- An Apple a Day Won’t Even Be Affordable for Children if WIC Isn’t Funded
  
  January 11, 2024
  
  As Congress approaches yet another deadline to fund the government and its programs, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)—a program that provides healthy foods and other services to pregnant and postpartum women along with infants and young children—is seeing a potentially devastating funding shortfall and cuts.
  
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Upcoming Events

Challenges and Opportunities for Extreme Heat Preparedness and Response in U.S. Cities.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

2:00 PM-3:00 PM
UHC Invited Speaker Series: Dr. Julia Lynch

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Drexel CCUH Invited Speaker Series Presents: Dr. Ricardo Castillo

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Drexel CCUH Invited Speaker Series Presents: Dr. Jaime Madrigano

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

10:00 AM-11:00 AM
UHC Invited Speaker Series: Dr. Elizabeth Wrigley Field

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

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